Wind Advisory Issued for Friday

URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

952 AM CDT THU SEP 6 2012

…STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND A COLD FRONT FRIDAY…

.A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS FRIDAY MORNING.

NORTH WINDS AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED

BEHIND THE FRONT.

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PAWNEE-STAFFORD-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-

COMANCHE-BARBER-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…LARNED…BURDETT…ST. JOHN…

STAFFORD…HUDSON…DODGE CITY…BUCKLIN…KINSLEY…LEWIS…

GREENSBURG…HAVILAND…PRATT…LIBERAL…KISMET…MEADE…

FOWLER…ASHLAND…MINNEOLA…COLDWATER…PROTECTION…

MEDICINE LODGE…KIOWA…SUN CITY

952 AM CDT THU SEP 6 2012

…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 3 PM CDT FRIDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND

ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 3 PM CDT FRIDAY.

* TIMING…THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL BEGIN BY 8 OR 9 AM IN

LIBERAL, DODGE CITY, AND LARNED AND BY 10 AM IN MEDICINE LODGE.

WINDS WILL SUBSIDE TO BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AROUND 3 PM.

* WINDS…NORTH WINDS WILL BLOW AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS…MAKE SURE THAT LOSE ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CONTAINERS

ARE SECURED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT…ESPECIALLY FOR

HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.