High Wind Warning for Wednesday
KSCB News - March 23, 2016 5:45 am
.HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 55 TO 60 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. INTENSE CROSSWINDS ON OPEN HIGHWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY AROUND GRAIN ELEVATORS. LIGHT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY TO ROOFS... SOME COMMERCIAL POWER INTERRUPTIONS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
