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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
300 AM MDT TUE MAY 21 2013

SDZ001-002-012-013-026-030-031-072-073-211800-
/O.CON.KUNR.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-130521T1800Z/
HARDING-PERKINS-BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-RAPID CITY-
CUSTER CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-
SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...LEMMON...BISON...
BELLE FOURCHE...FAITH...RAPID CITY...FOLSOM...WALL...STURGIS...
UNION CENTER
300 AM MDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT TODAY.

* TIMING...VERY WINDY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...SUDDEN WIND GUSTS CAN CAUSE DRIVERS TO LOSE
  CONTROL... ESPECIALLY IN LIGHTWEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS 30 MPH WINDS...OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.

&&

$$

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
614 AM MDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY...

.THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE WILL CONTINUE TO BE SANDWICHED BETWEEN LOW
PRESSURE IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND HIGH PRESSURE IN THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES TODAY. AS A RESULT...WIND SPEEDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE TO
SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF THE PANHANDLE BY MID
MORNING.

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-212100-
/O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0007.130521T1400Z-130521T2100Z/
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
614 AM MDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON.


* TIMING...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY BY MID MORNING
  AND REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH MIDDAY. THE WIND SPEEDS SHOULD BEGIN TO
  SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST SUSTAINED AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 MPH
  WILL BE POSSIBLE. SOME OF THE RIDGETOPS COULD EXPERIENCE WIND
  GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES ESPECIALLY ALONG ROADWAYS THAT MAY BE ORIENTED
  IN A WEST TO EAST DIRECTION SUCH AS INTERSTATE 80. 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 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
COX

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