WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1210 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND CHRISTMAS DAY...
.A LARGE AND DEVELOPING WEATHER SYSTEM TO OUR WEST WILL BRING
WINDY CONDITIONS TO EAST KENTUCKY TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS WILL BE A GOOD BET ACCOMPANYING SHOWERS
TONIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH A POTENT COLD FRONT CROSSING EAST KENTUCKY.
THE RIDGES ALONG THE BORDER WITH VIRGINIA WILL LIKELY SEE THE HIGHEST
WINDS...APPROACHING 55 MPH...LATE TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL POSE A
THREAT TO DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND FOR BLOWING DOWN
TREES...LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL...OR RENEWED...POWER
OUTAGES.
KYZ087-088-118-120-250315-
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BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...
WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE
1210 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
EST FRIDAY...
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM
EST FRIDAY.
* STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON
WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG THE VIRGINIA
BORDER TONIGHT ALONG AND AHEAD OF A POTENT COLD FRONT.
* GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN TONIGHT.
40 MPH WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE FROM TONIGHT THROUGH
CHRISTMAS DAY.
* THESE WINDS WILL POSE A THREAT TO DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
IN ADDITION...THE WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF TOPPLING TREES WHICH
COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL...OR RENEWED...POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR WIND
GUSTS FROM 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.
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