HIGH WIND WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 351 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* 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. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 65 EXPECTED AT
THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS.
* 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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