LAKE WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 403 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
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...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/
THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A LAKE
WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING.
A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED OVER EASTERN TEXAS EARLY
THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST
INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY THIS EVENING. THIS POWERFUL
STORM WILL GENERATE SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH
FREQUENT GUSTS TO 25 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF ALABAMA AND GEORGIA...
WITH EVEN STRONGER WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35
MPH OVER NORTH FLORIDA...WITH THE HIGHEST WINDS NEAR THE COAST.
THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS ON
AREA LAKES TODAY...WHICH WILL BE FURTHER AMPLIFIED BY THE INCREASING
CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.
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17-GOULD
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