HIGH WIND WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1001 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY.
* STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TONIGHT
THROUGH CHRISTMAS MORNING WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE HIGHER
TERRAIN ALONG THE VIRGINIA BORDER TONIGHT ALONG AND AHEAD OF A
POTENT COLD FRONT.
* GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN TONIGHT.
40 MPH WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE FROM LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY MORNING.
* THESE WINDS WILL POSE A THREAT TO DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
IN ADDITION...THE WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF TOPPLING TREES WHICH
COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL...OR RENEWED...POWER OUTAGES.
* LOCATIONS ALONG PINE...BLACK AND THE CUMBERLAND
MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING HIGHER ELEVATION VALLEY LOCATIONS IMMEDIATELY
TO THE NORTHWEST OF THESE MOUNTAINS WILL HAVE THE HIGHER RISK OF
SEEING THE STRONGEST WINDS. SOME THE HIGHER ELEVATION VALLEY
LOCATIONS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE COMMUNITIES OF
CUMBERLAND...EOLIA...CLOVER...AND SHELALY.
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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