WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1108 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY.
* A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE QUAD STATE AND WINDS
WILL START TO PICK UP LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. AS THE SYSTEM
MOVES ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WINDS
WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.
* GENERALLY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL TURN TO THE SOUTH THURSDAY INTO
THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. WINDS WILL REMAIN BRISK THROUGH FRIDAY...BUT
PEAK WIND SPEEDS WILL OCCUR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
* DAMAGE TO SMALLER TREES AND DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITH WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WET GROUNDS DUE TO RAINS MAY ALLOW SMALLER OR LOOSELY ROOTED
TREES TO UPROOT DUE TO THE HIGH WINDS. UNSECURED PATIO OR OUTDOOR
PLACEMENTS MAY BE PRONE TO DAMAGE FROM TUMBLING. TRAVEL WILL BE
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. THE COMBINATION
OF WET ROADS AND HIGH WINDS MEANS HOLIDAY MOTORISTS SHOULD BE
EXTRA CAUTIOUS AND ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
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