WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 435 PM EST WED DEC 23 2009
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THURSDAY TO 4 PM EST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THURSDAY TO 4 PM EST
FRIDAY.
* STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH CHRISTMAS
AFTERNOON WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG THE
VIRGINIA BORDER THURSDAY NIGHT ALONG AND AHEAD OF A POTENT COLD
FRONT.
* GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN THURSDAY
NIGHT. 40 MPH WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE FROM THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
* THESE WINDS WILL POSE A THREAT TO DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
AS WELL AS BOATERS ON AREA LAKES. IN ADDITION...WEAK AND SHALLOW
ROOTED TREES COULD BE TOPPLED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR
WIND GUSTS FROM 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.
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