Active Advisories:    Wind Advisory
  • Currently

    Reported at Hays Municipal Automatic Weather Observing / Reporting System, KS
    1:35 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
  • 88°F31°C
  • Partly Cloudy
    Partly Cloudy
  • Feels Like:88°F31°CDew Point:63°F17°CHumidity:43% Winds:S 26 mph G 3242 kph G 51
    Pressure:29.71 in1006 hPaVisibility:10.00 miles16090.00 meters

Wind Advisory


...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON...

.A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER CENTRAL KANSAS WILL PRODUCE STRONG
SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL KANSAS.

KSZ031-046-065-066-079>081-089-090-280000-
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ELLIS-RUSH-PAWNEE-STAFFORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAYS...ELLIS...LA CROSSE...

RUSH CENTER...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...HUDSON...

KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...PRATT...COLDWATER...

PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...KIOWA...SUN CITY
107 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER 2 PM CDT AND
CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 7 PM CDT.

* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
45 MPH POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS TO DRIVERS...

ESPECIALLY THOSE OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON MOTORCYCLES.

LIGHTWEIGHT ITEMS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE IS EASILY BLOWN AROUND
WITH WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

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