HIGH WIND WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 429 AM EST MON DEC 07 2009
...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT
PASSES THROUGH EASTERN KENTUCKY. A LINE OF SHOWERS...AND PERHAPS A
FEW THUNDERSTORMS...WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT. ANY SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THE
THREAT FOR STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL THEN CONTINUE BEHIND THE
FRONT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING AS WINDS SHIFT TO THE
SOUTHWEST.
* WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO 20 TO 35 MPH.
GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE THEN EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY...
POSSIBLY CARRYING OVER INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS
WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM MID MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON ON
WEDNESDAY.
* DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY...WHILE WINDS OF THIS
MAGNITUDE COULD ALSO LEAD TO DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES AND UNSECURED
OBJECTS AND PROPERTY. WIDESPREAD AND POSSIBLY PROLONGED POWER
OUTAGES ARE A POSSIBILITY.
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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ABE/JP
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