URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION- RENO-HARVEY-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUSSELL...LINCOLN...GREAT BEND... ELLSWORTH...SALINA...LYONS...MCPHERSON...MARION...HUTCHINSON... NEWTON...KINGMAN...WICHITA ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND MIDDAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING BETWEEN 2 PM AND 5 PM. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER 7 PM. * WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO BE ALERT ON EAST WEST ROADS FOR SUDDEN WIND GUSTS. 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.