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Overview

A fast moving cold front made its way across Kansas during the evening hours of Sunday October 11th. Very strong northwest winds followed behind the front and caused widespread blowing dust across western and central Kansas. Some locations saw wind gusts as high as 60 to 70 mph! The strong winds caused numerous power outages along with downed trees.

Photos & Video

Photos & Video


Wind gusts reports from across the regoin	Surface map from 10pm on October 11th	Large area of blowing dust showing up on satellite

	Wow! ðŸ’¨ Viewer photos show the wind kicking up in western Kansas. â˜‘ï¸ 1st pic (wide shot) is from Johnson. â˜‘ï¸ The remaining are from Lakin, Kan. #kswx #KAKENews pic.twitter.com/xN4JVMS3BY — Annette Lawless KAKE ðŸŒ» (@AnnetteLawless) October 12, 2020	Haboob moving toward Dodge City! Wond gusts 60-65 mph behind this cold front. #kswx pic.twitter.com/kiuEhViEhG — Mike Umscheid (@mikeumsc) October 12, 2020
Large grass fire just east of Cheney Lake showing up on satellite

Check out all the dust blowing around because of the high wind tonight! #kswx @NWSWichita
(SW Sedgwick County) pic.twitter.com/NPnedBYmQX
— Bryan Ramsdale (@BryanRamsdale) October 12, 2020

Strong Winds in Derby with small trees blown over. @LisaTeachman @NWSWichita #kswx pic.twitter.com/0ZLcBcvfXZ
— John Hooper Jr (@ICTfireactivity) October 12, 2020