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Emergency Management reports 101 mph gusts; EOC to be on standby
Summary
Harvey County Emergency Management reported winds up to 101 mph from an overnight storm and placed the Emergency Operations Center on standby through the next morning; residents were urged to monitor National Weather Service updates.
Emergency Management Director Mike Anderson told commissioners on June 17 that winds up to 101 mph were reported in the county during a storm the previous night and that another high-wind storm was forecast for that evening.
Anderson said the Emergency Operations Center would be placed on standby beginning that afternoon through the following morning and encouraged residents to monitor weather-service updates and the county website for preparedness information. The county’s readiness steps were presented as precautionary; no formal evacuations or shelter orders were issued during the meeting.
