WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 341 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING.
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...WITH
GUSTS TO 35 MPH EXPECTED. WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID MORNING...WITH
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE
WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OVER THE POCONO PLATEAU...CATSKILLS AND
OVER THE HILLS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. THE STRONG WINDS WILL
BEGIN TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT.
WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN DAMAGE SMALL TREES AND BRING DOWN
SOME POWER LINES...LEADING TO SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WIND ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST
30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS OF THIS
MAGNITUDE COULD CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES AND
WEAKER STRUCTURES. PERSONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD SECURE ALL
LOOSE OBJECTS. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING THROUGH THE ADVISORY AREA
KEEP A FIRM GRIP ON THE WHEEL...ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE DRIVING HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES.
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PN
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