WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 353 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THIS AFTERNOON...IN
RESPONSE TO A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL
UNITED STATES. AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL CROSS GEORGIA ON
WEDNESDAY. STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. WINDS OF 15-30 MPH WITH
OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED. WITH SATURATED SOILS FROM
RAIN THIS MORNING...TREES AND POWERLINES WILL BE DOWNED AT LOWER
WIND SPEEDS THAN MIGHT OTHERWISE BE NECESSARY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST
20 MPH...OR GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. THESE WINDS MAY DOWN WEAKENED OR
SHALLOW ROOTED TREES AS WELL.
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