URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE

…HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 PM CST THIS EVENING…

Counties include  RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-CHASE

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…RUSSELL…SYLVAN GROVE…BEVERLY…BARNARD…GREAT BEND…ELLSWORTH…WILSON…SALINA…LYONS…STERLING…MCPHERSON…HILLSBORO…MARION…PEABODY…COTTONWOOD FALLS…STRONG CITY

* WINDS…WEST 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.

* TIMING…VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE MORNING HOURS WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

* IMPACTS…INTENSE CROSSWINDS ON NORTH SOUTH OPEN HIGHWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. LIGHT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE…ESPECIALLY TO ROOFS. LIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND. SOME COMMERCIAL POWER INTERRUPTION IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH…OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE.