HIGH WIND WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 231 PM EST MON DEC 07 2009
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT OF
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME
NORTHEST GEORGIA.
A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION
WEDNESDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE...VERY STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE REGION. IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT...WE SHOULD WARM UP
ENOUGH IN THE AFTERNOON TO BE ABLE TO MIX SOME OF THE STRONGER
WINDS DOWN TO THE SURFACE. WHILE SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED
TO REACH 40 MPH...A FEW GUSTS IN THE 50 TO 60 MPH ARE NOT OUT OF
THE QUESTION. THE MAIN CONCERN IS THAT STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL
KNOCK DOWN NUMEROUS TREES THAT THE WET SOIL WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
HOLD IN THE GROUND. WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD ALSO KNOCK
DOWN POWER LINES AND DAMAGE BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
LATER GUIDANCE WILL DETERMINE IF THE WATCH IS UPGRADED TO A
WARNING OR REPLACED WITH AN ADVISORY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. WIND GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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