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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
316 PM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...MODERATE AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED FOR THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE ON
MONDAY...

.A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION EARLY MONDAY
MORNING...WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN BEHIND THE FRONT. THIS
WILL INCREASE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS
IN ADDITION TO STRENGTHENING NORTHWEST WINDS ALOFT. THE
STRENGTHENING PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL COMBINE WITH MIXING OF THESE
WINDS ALOFT TO BRING MODERATE AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS TO THE
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE ON MONDAY.

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-201200-
/O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0006.130520T1400Z-130521T0300Z/
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF...
GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY...
HARRISON...AGATE
316 PM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY.

* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE STEADILY ON MONDAY
  MORNING AND WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50
  MPH. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS EXPECTED ALONG EXPOSED RIDGETOPS.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS MAY NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN
  DRIVING STRETCHES OF ROAD AFFECTED BY STRONG AND GUSTY CROSSWINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

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RJM