HIGH WIND WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 511 AM EST MON DEC 07 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM
EST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST
WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
* WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 35 MPH
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME
SOUTHWEST EARLY WEDNESDAY THEN WEST BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT.
WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 55 MPH ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 3500
FEET.
* IMPACTS: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS
AND ALONG THE DOWNSTREAM SLOPES OF THE RIDGES ACROSS SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN
TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED
ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS.
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