WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 910 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY...
.A LARGE WEATHER SYSTEM PASSING THE WEST AND NORTH OF THE AREA
WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TO EAST KENTUCKY THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON.
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BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...
WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE
910 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE
HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON WITH SPECIAL
EMPHASIS ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG THE VIRGINIA BORDER.
* GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN WHILE 45
MPH WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE THROUGH 4 PM.
* THESE WINDS WILL POSE A THREAT TO DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
IN ADDITION...THE WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF TOPPLING TREES WHICH
COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL...OR RENEWED...POWER OUTAGES.
* LOCATIONS ALONG PINE...BLACK AND THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS...
INCLUDING HIGHER ELEVATION VALLEY LOCATIONS IMMEDIATELY TO THE
NORTHWEST OF THESE MOUNTAINS WILL HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF SEEING THE
STRONGEST WINDS. SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATION VALLEY LOCATIONS
INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE COMMUNITIES OF CUMBERLAND...
EOLIA...CLOVER...AND SHELALY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR
WIND GUSTS FROM 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
USE EXTRA CAUTION.
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