Red Flag Warning issued March 21 at 11:35AM CDT until March 21 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS

NOAA-NWS-ALERTS-KS125148B048EC.RedFlagWarning.125148BD3390KS.TOPRFWTOP.230047e6674d353a618336e0777c2615w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov2014-03-21T11:35:00-05:00ActualAlertPublicAlert for Clay; Cloud; Dickinson; Geary; Marshall; Morris; Ottawa; Pottawatomie; Republic; Riley; Washington (Kansas) Issued by the National Weather ServiceMetRed Flag WarningExpectedSevereLikelySAME2014-03-21T11:35:00-05:002014-03-21T20:00:00-05:00NWS Topeka (Northeastern Kansas)Red Flag Warning issued March 21 at 11:35AM CDT until March 21 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Topeka…EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS
EVENING…
.NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE BETWEEN 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. DEEPER MIXING WILL CAUSE SURFACE DEWPOINTS
TO DROP INTO THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S AS AFTERNOON HIGHS CLIMB
INTO THE LOWER TO MID 60S. THIS WILL CAUSE THE MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES TO DROP TO 18 TO 20 PERCENT ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.
…RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES…BREEZY CONDITIONS…AND VERY DRY
FUELS FOR NORTH CENTRAL…PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND PORTIONS OF
EAST CENTRAL KANSAS…
* AFFECTED AREA…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 008 REPUBLIC…FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 009 WASHINGTON…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 010 MARSHALL…FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 020 CLOUD…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 021 CLAY…FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 022 RILEY…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 023 POTTAWATOMIE…
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 034 OTTAWA…FIRE WEATHER ZONE 035
DICKINSON… FIRE WEATHER ZONE 036 GEARY AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE
037 MORRIS.
* WINDS…NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* TIMING…THE NORTHERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS
AFTERNOON WITH THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS OCCURRING BY MID AND LATE
AFTERNOON. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL OCCUR BY MID
AFTERNOON.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES…LOW 60S.
* IMPACTS…ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL GROW AND SPREAD RAPIDLY.
THESE FIRES WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO
CONTROL. ALL OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED TODAY.A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW…OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION STRONG
WINDS…LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.WMOHEADERUGCKSZ008>010-020>023-034>037VTEC/O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0007.140321T1800Z-140322T0100Z/TIME…MOT…LOCClay; Cloud; Dickinson; Geary; Marshall; Morris; Ottawa; Pottawatomie; Republic; Riley; WashingtonFIPS6020027FIPS6020029FIPS6020041FIPS6020061FIPS6020117FIPS6020127FIPS6020143FIPS6020149FIPS6020157FIPS6020161FIPS6020201UGCKSZ008UGCKSZ009UGCKSZ010UGCKSZ020UGCKSZ021UGCKSZ022UGCKSZ023UGCKSZ034UGCKSZ035UGCKSZ036UGCKSZ037