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...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR
GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR DRY FUELS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.
* 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.
* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* TIMING...UNTIL 6 PM TODAY.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 18 PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 50S.
* IMPACTS...FIRES WILL START EASILY AND SPREAD QUICKLY IN THE
WARNING AREA...MAKING THEM VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.