HIGH WIND WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 300 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING.
* TIMING: WEST AND SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL VERY GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE STRONGEST AND MOST DAMAGING WINDS WERE
ONGOING AT MID AFTERNOON.
* WINDS: WINDS WERE SUSTAINED FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 40 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH. WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY
SUBSIDE INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON. BUT GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH REMAIN
LIKELY INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
* IMPACTS: TREE DAMAGE IS HIGHLY LIKELY WITH WINDS OF THIS
MAGNITUDE AFTER RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS SATURATED THE SOIL.
THE FALLING TREES WILL LIKELY DOWN POWER LINES...RESULTING IN
THE POSSIBILITY OF PROLONGED OR WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES.
DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES AND UNSECURED OBJECTS AND PROPERTY IS
ALSO POSSIBLE. DRIVERS OF HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-TO-
SOUTH ROADWAYS...SUCH AS U.S. HIGHWAY 23...U.S. HIGHWAY 23E
AND INTERSTATE 75...MAY ALSO HAVE EXTREME DIFFICULTY THROUGH
EARLY THIS EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.
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JP/GV
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