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NWS: Freeze WATCH

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..
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.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.

 

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