WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 935 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY...
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST
INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.
* A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE QUAD STATE AND WINDS
WILL START TO PICK UP TONIGHT. AS THE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY... WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15
TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
* GENERALLY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL TURN TO THE SOUTH THURSDAY INTO
THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. WINDS WILL REMAIN BRISK THROUGH FRIDAY...
BUT PEAK WIND SPEEDS WILL OCCUR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
* DAMAGE TO SMALLER TREES AND DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITH WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WET GROUNDS DUE TO RAINS MAY ALLOW SMALLER OR LOOSELY ROOTED
TREES TO UPROOT DUE TO THE HIGH WINDS. UNSECURED PATIO OR OUTDOOR
PLACEMENTS MAY BE PRONE TO DAMAGE FROM TUMBLING. TRAVEL WILL BE
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE COMBINATION
OF WET ROADS AND HIGH WINDS MEANS HOLIDAY MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
EXTRA CAUTIOUS AND ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION.
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