URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS



SALINE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-
HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALINA...MCPHERSON...MARION...
COTTONWOOD FALLS...HUTCHINSON...NEWTON...EL DORADO...AUGUSTA...
KINGMAN...WICHITA...ANTHONY...HARPER...WELLINGTON...WINFIELD...
ARKANSAS CITY


...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM CDT THIS
EVENING.

* TIMING...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE NOTICEABLY BY THIS AFTERNOON
  AND REMAIN QUITE STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS TODAY.

* WINDS...FROM THE SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH
  ARE EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS...OCCASIONAL STRONG AND SUDDEN WIND GUSTS WILL MAKE
  DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGHER PROFILE
  VEHICLES TRAVELING ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTATED ROADWAYS.

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.