During the late morning and through the early afternoon high winds on the backside of an upper level storm system reached the ground.  This resulted in wind gusts of 60 to 70 MPH.  The peak wind gust occurred in Hoxie.  The high winds also caused damage, including blowing over three semis pulling empty trailers, breaking off a five inch diameter tree limb, and blowing over a communications tower.
The high winds also created a dust storm at many locations leading to zero visibility.  The pockets of blowing dust originated near a weak stationary front draped across Northwest Kansas, then slowly moved south with the weak front through the afternoon.

High Wind in CHEYENNE, KANSAS
From 06-MAR-18 12:00:00 to 06-MAR-18 14:00:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

High Wind in THOMAS, KANSAS
From 06-MAR-18 10:00:00 to 06-MAR-18 14:00:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 53.00 MG
Property damage: 5.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

The high winds caused a semi pulling an empty trailer to be blown over on Highway 83 at Rexford, leading to one injury.

High Wind in SHERMAN, KANSAS
From 06-MAR-18 10:30:00 to 06-MAR-18 14:00:00 (MST-7)
Magnitude: 60.00 MG
Property damage: 0.30K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

A five inch diameter tree limb was blown down.

High Wind in GOVE, KANSAS
From 06-MAR-18 13:00:00 to 06-MAR-18 13:00:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 51.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

High Wind in LOGAN, KANSAS
From 06-MAR-18 12:00:00 to 06-MAR-18 13:45:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 51.00 MG
Property damage: 35.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: AWOS

The high winds blew two semis over.  One blow over occurred on Highway 40 west of Winona near the county line.  Another blow over occurred two miles west of Winona on Highway 40.  A combination of deteriorating structural integrity at the base of a free standing radio tower in Oakley, and a tree branch pushing on the tower caused the tower to be blown over.  The 100 ft. tall tower landed on two cars.

Dust Storm in LOGAN, KANSAS
From 06-MAR-18 13:30:00 to 06-MAR-18 14:30:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Zero visibility reported from Winona west to the county line and north from Winona to the county line.

High Wind in RAWLINS, KANSAS
From 06-MAR-18 10:45:00 to 06-MAR-18 14:00:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 56.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

High Wind in DECATUR, KANSAS
From 06-MAR-18 09:45:00 to 06-MAR-18 14:00:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 52.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

High Wind in NORTON, KANSAS
From 06-MAR-18 10:15:00 to 06-MAR-18 14:00:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 53.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: AWOS

High Wind in GRAHAM, KANSAS
From 06-MAR-18 09:45:00 to 06-MAR-18 13:01:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 55.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

Dust Storm in THOMAS, KANSAS
From 06-MAR-18 11:45:00 to 06-MAR-18 12:45:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Six miles southwest of Mingo, portions of Highway 25 closed south of Colby due to near zero visibility from the blowing dust.  Three miles west of Colby portions of Highway 25 and Highway 24 were both closed near I-70 due to blowing dust.

Dust Storm in NORTON, KANSAS
From 06-MAR-18 13:00:00 to 06-MAR-18 13:45:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Zero visibility in the blowing dust reported four miles west and 13 W of Norton.

Dust Storm in SHERMAN, KANSAS
From 06-MAR-18 11:30:00 to 06-MAR-18 12:15:00 (MST-7)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

At mile marker 32 on I-70, five miles east of Edson, visibility ranged from a quarter to half a mile in the blowing dust.

High Wind in WICHITA, KANSAS
From 06-MAR-18 11:25:00 to 06-MAR-18 13:25:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 51.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

High Wind in SHERIDAN, KANSAS
From 06-MAR-18 09:45:00 to 06-MAR-18 13:30:00 (CST-6)
Magnitude: 61.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter