High Wind Warning Tuesday

URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
342 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

…HIGH WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS
TODAY…

.A VERY INTENSE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN PLAINS
TODAY. THE DRY INTRUSION SECTOR OF THE STORM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
HIGH PLAINS OF EASTERN COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO BY LATE MORNING AND
OVERSPREAD FAR SOUTHWEST KANSAS BY MIDDAY. THE WELL- MIXED VERY
DRY AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHEAST TO THE HIGHWAY 283
CORRIDOR BY LATE AFTERNOON. HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THIS DRY
INTRUSION SECTOR OF THE STORM DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

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TREGO-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-STANTON-
GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WAKEENEY…CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR…
SCOTT CITY…DIGHTON…NESS CITY…SYRACUSE…LAKIN…DEERFIELD…
GARDEN CITY…KALVESTA…JETMORE…HANSTON…JOHNSON CITY…
ULYSSES…SUBLETTE…SATANTA…CIMARRON…MONTEZUMA…
DODGE CITY…BUCKLIN…ELKHART…RICHFIELD…HUGOTON…MOSCOW…
LIBERAL…KISMET…MEADE…FOWLER…ASHLAND…MINNEOLA
342 AM CST TUE FEB 28 2012 /242 AM MST TUE FEB 28 2012/

…HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/
THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING…

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/
THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING.

* TIMING…HIGH WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING NEAR THE
COLORADO BORDER. THE STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM
DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.

* WINDS…SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
AROUND 60 MPH.

* IMPACTS…AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL DEVELOP BY AFTERNOON…
WITH DUST POTENTIALLY BECOMING WIDESPREAD BY LATE AFTERNOON
OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWEST KANSAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 283. IN OPEN
AREAS…BLOWING DUST WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO BELOW 2 MILES…
AND PERHAPS DOWN TO A HALF MILE IN SOME AREAS WHERE FIELDS
ARE PARTICULARLY DUSTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

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