- County,
- Fire Weather Watch issued May 13 at 2:30PM CDT until May 14 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS
- Effective: 2:30 p.m. on Monday, May 13, 2013
- Expires: 8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14, 2013
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY...
.GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS TUESDAY
AFTERNOON WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR PORTIONS
OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 043 SCOTT...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 044 LANE...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 062 KEARNY...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 063 FINNEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 075 GRANT...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 076 HASKELL...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 077 GRAY...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 084 MORTON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 085 STEVENS AND FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 086 SEWARD.
* WINDS...WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35
MPH.
* TIMING...PEAK CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED FROM
NOON CDT UNTIL 8 PM CDT.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL AS LOW AS 11
PERCENT.
* TEMPERATURES...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 90S.
* IMPACTS...FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL WILL BE VERY HIGH AND ANY
OUTDOOR FLAMES COULD QUICKLY GROW OUT OF CONTROL.- See more at NOAA
