URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS ...STRONG WINDS RETURN BEHIND A POTENT COLD FRONT. IN ADDITION A COLD AIRMASS WILL CAUSE FREEZING TO BE A CONCERN FOR SENSITIVE VEGETATION...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION SUNDAY. THIS WILL USHER IN STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT. COLD AIR WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE FRONT WITH TEMPS DROPPING BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT AND MONDAY NIGHT. SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON 417 AM CDT SUN APR 13 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. A FREEZE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...A SECOND FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BE STRONG FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CDT TODAY. FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR LATER TONIGHT AND THEN AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TEMPERATURE...WILL DROP BELOW 30 DEGREES EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND THEN INTO THE LOW 20S MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE WINDS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL TO BE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADWAYS. THE BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL IMPACT THOSE PLANTS AND TREES THAT HAVE BEGUN TO GROW. PLEASE TAKE CARE TO PROTECT SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
