WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1035 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...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 20 TO 30 MPH SUSTAINED...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN TO 50 MPH EXPECTED.
THE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST OVER THE POCONO PLATEAU...CATSKILLS
AND OVER THE HILLS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW YORK.
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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DJN
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