HIGH WIND WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 339 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO NOON EST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY TO NOON EST
FRIDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING: STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF EAST TENNESSEE AND THEIR ADJACENT
FOOTHILLS... BEGINNING LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* WINDS: SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 35
TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AT TIMES. IN
FACT...WIND GUSTS OF 80 TO 100 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES IN
THE FAVORED AREAS OF THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS AND THEIR ADJACENT
FOOTHILLS.
* IMPACTS: THIS WIND EVENT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE EXTREME
WIND DAMAGE. WIDESPREAD FALLEN TREES LEADING TO PROPERTY DAMAGE
AND POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY WITH A SATURATED
GROUND IN PLACE. TRAVELERS WILL NEED TO BE ALERT TO STRONG AND
GUSTY CROSSWINDS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
NEAR THE MOUNTAINS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED.
PROPERTY DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE WINDS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES.
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