HIGH WIND WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 840 AM EST SAT NOV 28 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED ADVISORY FOR MOST
OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
SUSTAINED WEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH TODAY WITH OCCASIONAL
GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH...WHICH WILL RESULT IN POCKETS OF WIND DAMAGE
AND POSSIBLY LENGTHY POWER OUTAGES IN A FEW LOCATIONS.
THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOW AND NOON IN WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN CONNECTICUT. ELSEWHERE INCLUDING THE
BOSTON AREA THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 10 AM AND 3 PM.
THEREAFTER...WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH.
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
LIKELY WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL
CONTINUE TO OCCUR. TAKE ACTION NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR
OBJECTS.
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