250 WWUS45 KDDC 021739 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1239 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2001 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING... .A TIGHTENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN STRONG NORTH WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS TODAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED UNTIL 7 PM ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM WAKEENEY TO DODGE CITY TO MEADE. WINDS WILL GUST OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES, WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME PROBLEMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. STAY ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON EAST WEST ROADS, ESPECIALLY NEAR WIND BREAKS SUCH AS GRAIN ELEVATORS AND TREE LINES. KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>087-030000- FINNEY-FORD-GRANT-GRAY-HAMILTON-HASKELL-HODGEMAN-KEARNY-LANE-MEADE- MORTON-NESS-SCOTT-SEWARD-STANTON-STEVENS-TREGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CIMARRON...DIGHTON...DODGE CITY... ELKHART...GARDEN CITY...HUGOTON...JETMORE...JOHNSON...LAKIN... LIBERAL...MEADE...NESS CITY...SCOTT CITY...SUBLETTE...SYRACUSE... ULYSSES...WAKEENEY ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT... NORTH WINDS WILL BLOW AT 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. OCCASIONAL GUSTS MAY APPROACH 45 MPH. $$ TB/KP  250 WWUS45 KDDC 021739 NPWDDC URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 1239 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2001 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING... .A TIGHTENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN STRONG NORTH WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS TODAY. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED UNTIL 7 PM ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM WAKEENEY TO DODGE CITY TO MEADE. WINDS WILL GUST OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES, WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME PROBLEMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. STAY ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING ON EAST WEST ROADS, ESPECIALLY NEAR WIND BREAKS SUCH AS GRAIN ELEVATORS AND TREE LINES. KSZ030-043>045-061>064-074>078-084>087-030000- FINNEY-FORD-GRANT-GRAY-HAMILTON-HASKELL-HODGEMAN-KEARNY-LANE-MEADE- MORTON-NESS-SCOTT-SEWARD-STANTON-STEVENS-TREGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CIMARRON...DIGHTON...DODGE CITY... ELKHART...GARDEN CITY...HUGOTON...JETMORE...JOHNSON...LAKIN... LIBERAL...MEADE...NESS CITY...SCOTT CITY...SUBLETTE...SYRACUSE... ULYSSES...WAKEENEY ...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT... NORTH WINDS WILL BLOW AT 25 TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. OCCASIONAL GUSTS MAY APPROACH 45 MPH. $$ TB/KP