HIGH WIND WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1035 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM
EST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST
THURSDAY.
WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE
TO 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH EXPECTED.
WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN DOWN NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES
LEADING TO WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL COULD BECOME DANGEROUS
IN THE WARNING AREA AS TREES...LIMBS AND WIRES COULD BLOCK
SOME ROADWAYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR
GREATER. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY
ARE POSSIBLE WITH WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE. BE PREPARED FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF TREES BLOCKING ROADS AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES.
AT HOME...YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO BE WITHOUT POWER FOR SEVERAL
DAYS. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ADEQUATE SUPPLIES OF FOOD AND MEDICINE.
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