HIGH WIND WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 720 AM EST WED DEC 02 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND TODAY.
SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING WILL LOCALLY GUST UP TO
60 MPH...MAINLY ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. A
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY MID MORNING AND
THIS MAY ALLOW FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF SOUTHWESTERLY WIND GUSTS AROUND
55 MPH FOR THE MAJORITY OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER
AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE
POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.
TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS.
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