URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
 254 PM CST FRI FEB 26 2016
 
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 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM CST 
SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...CRITICAL FUELS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY 

 
 * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED 
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. 
 
 * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE 
FROM AROUND 18 PERCENT TO 25 PERCENT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 
 
 * 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.