URGENT – FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
247 PM CST THU MAR 3 2016

REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY- MORRIS-
247 PM CST THU MAR 3 2016

…RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY FOR
GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS…LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY.

* WIND…SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AROUND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST LATE IN THE DAY AS A COLD FRONT ARRIVES.

* HUMIDITY…MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE.

* IMPACTS…ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY.
OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW…OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS…LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY…AND WARM TEMPERATURES MAY LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.