099 WWUS83 KGLD 162048 SPSGLD SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 248 PM MDT SUN MAR 16 2014 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-170900- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YUMA...WRAY...BURLINGTON... CHEYENNE WELLS...ST. FRANCIS...ATWOOD...OBERLIN...NORTON... GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY... QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI...BENKELMAN...TRENTON...MCCOOK 248 PM MDT SUN MAR 16 2014 /348 PM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014/ A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY WITH AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTH OVER THE TRI STATE REGION MONDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THIS FRONT...WITH A PERIOD STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE MONDAY EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING 50 MPH OR HIGHER ARE POSSIBLE...AND MAY LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING DUST. THIS COULD MAKE TRAVEL PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS CONSIDERING THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL BE AFTER SUNSET. THERE MAY BE A SLIGHT DECREASE IN WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT BEFORE INCREASING ONCE AGAIN AFTER SUNRISE TUESDAY. THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE EXACT MAGNITUDE OF THESE WINDS AND THE TIMING OF THE WORST CONDITIONS. INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR POSSIBLE ADVISORY OR WARNING STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS EVOLVING PATTERN. $$ DR