HIGH WIND WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 202 AM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
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...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
* TIMING: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BEGIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING
FROM AROUND 5AM EST AND WILL LAST UNTIL ROUGHLY 4PM EST
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OCCURRING WEDNESDAY
MORNING FROM 9AM TO NOON.
* WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...AS WELL AS
WIND GUSTS OVER 55 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF THE BLUEGRASS REGION OF KENTUCKY.
* IMPACTS: VEHICLES ON NORTH-TO-SOUTH ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES...WILL HAVE EXTREME DIFFICULTY TRAVELING ON
WEDNESDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE VEHICLES COULD BE BLOWN OFF OF
ROADWAYS. SOME LOOSE ITEMS LIKE GARBAGE CANS...LAWN FURNITURE
AND OTHER SUCH ITEMS MAY BE BLOWN AWAY. SMALL BRANCHES COULD
ALSO BE SNAPPED AND BLOWN DOWN IN THESE HIGH WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.
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