HIGH WIND WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 341 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING.
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...WITH
GUSTS TO 40 MPH EXPECTED. WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID
MORNING...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH EXPECTED DURING THE
AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT.
WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES LEADING TO
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 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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