SUNOL - An overtured semi-tractor-trailer closed the eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 nine miles east of Sidney on Thursday afternoon. 

Nebraska Department of Transportation officials were directing traffic off the interstate at the Sunol exit to Highway 30.

Wind speeds were sustained at 44 mph out of the northwest, with gusts of 60 mph, at the time of the closure. 

The NDOT says high winds continue to push and overturn high profile vehicles. They advise to travel with caution around vehicles as high gusts could cause them to move suddenly. Temporary closures will continue to occur with overturned semis.

Cheyenne County Sheriff Adam Frerichs said his office responded to three different wind-related accidents on Interstate 80 in 15 minutes on Thursday morning.

The first accident near mile-marker 70 involved a pickup pulling a camper trailer. The camper was blown over and blocked both lanes of the interstate for 10 minutes while the Sidney Volunteer Fire Department removed it from the road.

Another camper being pulled by a pickup tipped on its side and blocked one of the westbound lanes on I-80, at mile marker 69, west of Lodgepole around 10:15 a.m. 

A vehicle pulling an ultra-light airplane on a trailer near Sunol was blown off the road and into a nearby ditch. The trailer separated from the pickup. 

There were no injuries reported in the three accidents. 

A high wind warning remains in effect for the Nebraska Panhandle and northeast Colorado until 9 p.m. Thursday.