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Posted on: November 11, 2015

[ARCHIVED] NWS: High Wind Warning Until 7PM Tonight

121 PM CST WED NOV 11 2015

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND WESTERN MISSOURI. WINDS WILL BEGIN
TO SUBSIDE BY THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS
UP TO 60 MPH WILL OCCUR ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 49
CORRIDOR.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 60MPH HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
KNOCK DOWN POWERLINES AND SMALL TREE LIMBS. MINOR STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR ITEMS ARE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL ALONG I-49 WILL BE
DIFFICULT AS STRONG CROSSWINDS WILL OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

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