URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
345 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014

...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...

ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-
HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-
GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-PLATTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...LEAVENWORTH...
TARKIO...MARYVILLE...GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...
PRINCETON...UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...
OREGON...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...
MILAN...GREEN CITY...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...PARKVILLE...
PLATTE CITY...WESTON
345 AM CST THU JAN 16 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM
CST THIS EVENING.

* THIS ADVISORY EXTENDS FROM NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF KANSAS CITY
  TO TRENTON TO UNIONVILLE...NORTHWARD INTO ADJACENT KANSAS...
  IOWA AND NEBRASKA.

* TIMING: WEST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST BY LATE THIS
  MORNING...AND INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE
  EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING.

* WINDS: SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT
  GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS 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.

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.