NWS: Wind Advisory

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
354 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ONCE AGAIN ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND
ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS...

ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-HOLT-ANDREW-
DE KALB-DAVIESS-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-JACKSON-
CASS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...PAOLA...MOUND CITY...TROY...
LEAVENWORTH...OVERLAND PARK...OLATHE...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...OREGON...SAVANNAH...
CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...
HAMILTON...POLO...PARKVILLE...PLATTE CITY...WESTON...LIBERTY...
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS...RICHMOND...KANSAS CITY...INDEPENDENCE...
RAYMORE...HARRISONVILLE...PLEASANT HILL
354 AM CDT MON MAR 31 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* AREAS AFFECTED: THIS ADVISORY IS FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A
  BETHANY TO KANSAS CITY TO PLEASANTON KANSAS LINE.

* TIMING: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN THIS
  MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH CONDITIONS IMPROVING WITH
  THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT EARLY THIS EVENING.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE
  EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWEST MISSOURI AND ADJACENT EASTERN KANSAS LATE
  THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ONCE SKIES CLEAR.
  WINDS WILL LIKELY REMAIN WEAKER THIS MORNING WHERE SKIES ARE
  CLOUDY. HOWEVER...ANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD
  DRAG DOWN STRONGER WINDS FROM ALOFT...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
  POSSIBLE IN RAIN ANYWHERE ACROSS THE REGION.

* IMPACTS: WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
  ESPECIALLY ON WEST TO EAST ORIENTED ROADS LIKE HIGHWAY 50...
  HIGHWAY 36 OR INTERSTATE 70. MOTORISTS OF HIGH PROFILE AND LIGHT
  VEHICLES WILL ENCOUNTER GREATER DIFFICULTY IN DRIVING. LOOSE
  OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS WILL BE TOSSED AROUND.

* ADDITIONAL IMPACTS: RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL QUICKLY FALL WITH
  THE PASSAGE OF A DRYLINE THIS AFTERNOON. AS SKIES CLEAR...STRONG
  WINDS COMBINED WITH DRY GRASS AND BRUSH WILL LEAD TO HIGH FIRE
  DANGER.

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.