Pratt Tribune
The Pratt County Sheriff s Department, EMS and Preston Fire, along with the Kansas Highway Patrol, responded to a semi rollover accident at 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday, December 23, northeast of Pratt on U.S. Highway 61 near 60th Avenue.
The semi, pulling an empty grain trailer, may have been tossed over by wind gusts, which at that time were recorded up to 46 mph, according to the U.S. National Weather Service out of Dodge City. Snow flurries were also present at that time. Pratt Regional Airport recorded 35 mph winds exactly at 3:15 p.m. but then also logged intermittent wind gusts up to 46 mph at that time in the county, said meteorologist Greg Tatro with the national weather service. The snow was a bit of a surprise in this area, as that was expected in northern Kansas but not this far south.