High Wind Warning
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 417 AM CST MON FEB 20 2012 ...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .AN AREA OF DEEP LOW PRESSURE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS TODAY. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THIS SYSTEM WILL BE VERY TIGHT AND CREATE STRONG TO HIGH WINDS. KSZ043-061>063-074>076-084>086-202100- /O.UPG.KDDC.HW.A.0002.120220T1800Z-120221T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDDC.HW.W.0002.120220T1800Z-120221T0100Z/ SCOTT-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-MORTON-STEVENS- SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCOTT CITY...SYRACUSE...LAKIN... DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...JOHNSON CITY...ULYSSES... SUBLETTE...SATANTA...ELKHART...RICHFIELD...HUGOTON...MOSCOW... LIBERAL...KISMET 417 AM CST MON FEB 20 2012 /317 AM MST MON FEB 20 2012/ ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 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 FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO 7 PM CST /6 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY AROUND NOON AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS NORTHWESTERN KANSAS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR PERSONS DRIVING LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THESE STRONG WINDS CAN ALSO EASILY BLOW AROUND LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CONTAINERS AND LAWN FURNITURE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. &&