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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Dust Storm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1051 AM MDT Tue Mar 18 2025
COC017-KSC071-109-199-203-181730-
/O.NEW.KGLD.DS.W.0003.250318T1651Z-250318T1730Z/
Cheyenne CO-Wichita KS-Wallace KS-Logan KS-Greeley KS-
1051 AM MDT Tue Mar 18 2025
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Dust Storm Warning for...
Southeastern Cheyenne County in east central Colorado...
Northern Wichita County in west central Kansas...
Wallace County in west central Kansas...
Western Logan County in west central Kansas...
Greeley County in west central Kansas...
* Until 1130 AM MDT/1230 PM CDT/.
* At 1050 AM MDT/1150 AM CDT/, a dust channel was 5 miles south of
Weskan, or 14 miles southwest of Sharon Springs, moving northeast
at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility with strong wind in
excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters reported around 1/2 mile or less
visibility near the Cheyenne Wallace and Greeley county
lines.
IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.
*
This includes Highway 385 between mile markers 136 and 152.
This dust channel will be near...
Sharon Springs around 1100 AM MDT.
Wallace around 1110 AM MDT.
Other locations impacted by this dust channel include Arapahoe and
Selkirk.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Dust storms lead to dangerous driving conditions with visibility
reduced to near zero. If driving, avoid dust storms if possible. If
caught in one, pull off the road, turn off your lights and keep your
foot off the brake.
Motorists should not drive into a dust storm. PULL ASIDE STAY ALIVE!
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LAT...LON 3862 10205 3862 10279 3913 10181 3913 10105
3843 10125 3841 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 1650Z 239DEG 49KT 3878 10198
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