URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
241 PM CST FRI JAN 17 2014

…STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY…

.A QUICK MOVING UPPER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS TO THE
REGION LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WIND
SPEEDS WILL BEGIN INCREASING LATE SATURDAY MORNING…WITH SUSTAINED
WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. WIND GUSTS MAY
APPROACH 45 TO 50 MPH BRIEFLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO
SUBSIDE QUICKLY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ACCOMPANYING
THESE WINDS WILL BE A CHANCE FOR RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS.

ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-
HARRISON-MERCER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-BUCHANAN-
CLINTON-CALDWELL-PLATTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ATCHISON…TROY…LEAVENWORTH…
TARKIO…MARYVILLE…GRANT CITY…ALBANY…STANBERRY…BETHANY…
PRINCETON…MOUND CITY…OREGON…SAVANNAH…CAMERON…GALLATIN…
JAMESPORT…TRENTON…ST. JOSEPH…PLATTSBURG…HAMILTON…POLO…
PARKVILLE…PLATTE CITY…WESTON
241 PM CST FRI JAN 17 2014

…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST
SATURDAY.

* TIMING…WINDS SPEEDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE LATE SATURDAY MORNING
WITH STRONG WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

* WINDS…SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WIND GUSTS MAY APPROACH OR EXCEED 45 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS…STRONG CROSS WINDS…PARTICULARLY OVER EXPOSED AND OPEN
TERRAIN…WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN
ALSO PICK UP TRASH CANS…LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR
OBJECTS.

* ADDITIONAL IMPACTS…COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO
THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND
CHILL VALUES IN THE 20S IN THE AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT…ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO…TAKE
ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS…LAWN FURNITURE…AND OTHER LOOSE
OUTDOOR OBJECTS.