Strong northwest winds kick-up widespread dust across the region
Deep low pressure over the upper Mississippi Valley created very strong northwest winds over the plains on Thursday October 18th. Wind speeds across Kansas were generally in the 45-55 mph range with some gusts over Nebraska exceeding 60 mph! Below is a list of the strongest wind gusts across the area covered by the National Weather Service Office in Wichita:
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Images
Visible satellite image from around 2 pm showing the band of dust stretching from sw Nebraska into north-central Oklahoma |
Visible satellite image from around 6 pm showing the band of dust stretching from sw Nebraska into nw Arkansas |
Afternoon picture from downtown Wichita. Picture taken by Alex Laugeman |
Afternoon picture taken of the Wichita Mid-Continent Airport |