Posted March 23, 2016 05:45am
.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WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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.