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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Topeka KS
222 AM CDT Mon Mar 17 2025


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/O.CON.KTOP.FW.W.0005.250317T1700Z-250318T0100Z/
Republic-Washington-Marshall-Nemaha-Brown-Cloud-Clay-Riley-
Pottawatomie-Jackson-Jefferson-Ottawa-Dickinson-Geary-Morris-
Wabaunsee-Shawnee-Douglas-Lyon-Osage-Franklin-Coffey-Anderson-
222 AM CDT Mon Mar 17 2025

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
NORTH CENTRAL, NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH 
TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
NORTH CENTRAL, NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 008 Republic, Fire Weather 
  Zone 009 Washington, Fire Weather Zone 010 Marshall, Fire 
  Weather Zone 011 Nemaha, Fire Weather Zone 012 Brown, Fire 
  Weather Zone 020 Cloud, Fire Weather Zone 021 Clay, Fire 
  Weather Zone 022 Riley, Fire Weather Zone 023 Pottawatomie, 
  Fire Weather Zone 024 Jackson, Fire Weather Zone 026 
  Jefferson, Fire Weather Zone 034 Ottawa, Fire Weather Zone 035 
  Dickinson, Fire Weather Zone 036 Geary, Fire Weather Zone 037 
  Morris, Fire Weather Zone 038 Wabaunsee, Fire Weather Zone 039 
  Shawnee, Fire Weather Zone 040 Douglas, Fire Weather Zone 054 
  Lyon, Fire Weather Zone 055 Osage, Fire Weather Zone 056 
  Franklin, Fire Weather Zone 058 Coffey and Fire Weather Zone 
  059 Anderson.

* TIMING...For the Red Flag Warning, from noon today to 8 PM CDT 
  this evening. For the Fire Weather Watch, from Tuesday morning 
  through Tuesday evening.

* WINDS...South 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 15 percent.

* TEMPERATURES...Up to 84.

* LIGHTNING...

* IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread 
  quickly. 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 can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.

A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.

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