Osage County Emergency Management has issued a burn ban today, Friday, March 21, 2025, for the entire county due to very high fire danger in the area.
Osage County and northeast Kansas are under a hazardous weather alert today and this weekend due to a forecast of gusty winds and low relative humidity.
The National Weather Service at Topeka has forecast today will have high temperatures in the 60s with northwest winds gusting up to 25-30 mph, and humidity as low as 20-25 percent. The windy conditions are expected to continue into early evening. Very high fire danger will likely continue into Saturday and Sunday with low relative humidity and gusty winds each day. There is a chance for thunderstorms late Saturday night into early Sunday morning, with best chances along and southeast of the Kansas Turnpike. A few storms could be strong and produce marginally severe hail.
The NWS hazardous weather outlook covers Osage, Republic, Washington, Marshall, Nemaha, Brown, Cloud, Clay, Riley, Pottawatomie, Jackson, Jefferson, Ottawa, Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Wabaunsee, Shawnee, Douglas, Lyon, Franklin, Coffey, and Anderson counties.
Osage County’s burn ban prohibits all outdoor burning in unincorporated areas of the county and will be in effect until rescinded. For more information about the burn ban, contact Osage County Emergency Management at 785-828-3323 or the Osage County Sheriff’s Office at 785-828-3121.
Graphic thanks to NWS Topeka.
