High Wind Warning for Western Listening Area
KSCB News - November 10, 2012 12:19 pm
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
924 AM CST SAT NOV 10 2012
…VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY…
.A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL FORM ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM.
THIS WILL CAUSE VERY STRONG SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO
40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. ACROSS FAR WESTERN
KANSAS…SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH AND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE FOR A FEW HOURS THIS AFTERNOON.
KSZ061-062-074-075-084-085-102330-
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HAMILTON-KEARNY-STANTON-GRANT-MORTON-STEVENS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…SYRACUSE…LAKIN…DEERFIELD…
JOHNSON CITY…ULYSSES…ELKHART…RICHFIELD…HUGOTON…MOSCOW
924 AM CST SAT NOV 10 2012 /824 AM MST SAT NOV 10 2012/
…HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS
EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN UPGRADED.
* TIMING…FROM 11 AM UNTIL 7 PM SATURDAY.
* WINDS…SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.
* IMPACTS…DRIVING WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ALONG
EAST TO WEST HIGHWAYS AND AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS. LIGHT PROPERTY
DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE IN WINDS THIS STRONG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING.
&&URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
444 AM CST SAT NOV 10 2012
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CIMARRON-TEXAS-DALLAM-SHERMAN-HANSFORD-HARTLEY-MOORE-OLDHAM-
DEAF SMITH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…BOISE CITY…KEYES…GUYMON…DALHART…
STRATFORD…SPEARMAN…GRUVER…HARTLEY…CHANNING…DUMAS…
VEGA…HEREFORD
444 AM CST SAT NOV 10 2012
…HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE OKLAHOMA
PANHANDLE…AS WELL AS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL PARTS OF THE
TEXAS PANHANDLE…
* EVENT…STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE
PANHANDLES BY MID MORNING TODAY. IN THE WESTERN PANHANDLES…
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH WINDS GUSTING 50 TO
60 MPH AT TIMES.
* TIMING…WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE MORNING AND BEGIN TO
DIMINISH AFTER 6 PM CST. GUSTS WILL BE THE STRONGEST FROM NOON TO 5
PM CST.
* IMPACTS…THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT…
ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS
SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND TRAMPOLINES CAN BE MOVED OR TOSSED. THE
WINDS WILL ALSO KICK UP SUBSTANTIAL DUST…POSSIBLY REDUCING
VISIBILITIES TO NEAR 1 MILE.
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.