SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 627 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
Expiration: 745 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
...FAST MOVING SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BRING SUDDEN WIND GUSTS...
AT 625 AM... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
BAND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER THE PIEDMONT. THESE SHOWERS AND
STORMS WERE MOVING VERY RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 60 TO 70 MPH.
AHEAD OF THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS... AREAS OF LOCALLY DENSE FOG
ARE REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS. AS THESE SHOWERS
AND STORMS APPROACH... THE FOG LIFTS AND VISIBILITIES IMPROVE.
HOWEVER... WEST OR NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SUDDENLY INCREASE TO 15 TO
20 MPH... AND GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THE WINDS ARE LIKELY
TO INCREASE WELL AHEAD OF THE ONSET OF RAIN. THESE SUDDEN GUSTY
WINDS WILL REACH THE HIGHWAY ONE CORRIDOR BY 645 AM... AND WILL
REACH THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR BEFORE 730 AM. THEN LATER THIS
MORNING... WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER ACROSS THE AREA... AND
GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON ARE LIKELY TO EXCEED 40 MPH.
PEOPLE ACROSS THE AREA ARE ADVISED TO PREPARE FOR THESE STRONG
GUSTY WINDS BY MOVING OR SECURING UNFASTENED ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE
CANS... OUTDOOR TOYS... AND PATIO FURNITURE. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE
EXTREME CAUTION THROUGH THE DAY.
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY FOR ALL OF CENTRAL
NORTH CAROLINA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE VERY
LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS STORM SYSTEM.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 517 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
Expiration: 530 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
WIND ADVISORY.
WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH
POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AS
A COLD FRONT CROSSES CENTRAL NC TODAY...SCATTERED SHOWERS MAY
PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO PREPARE FOR
THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS BY MOVING OR SECURING UNFASTENED ITEMS SUCH
AS GARBAGE CANS... OUTDOOR HOLIDAY DISPLAYS... AND PATIO
FURNITURE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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