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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
238 PM MDT THU MAY 23 2013

...GUSTY WINDS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TONIGHT...

.SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE PINE RIDGE WHERE
WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 50 MPH. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

NEZ002-003-095-096-241200-
/O.NEW.KCYS.WI.Y.0008.130524T0300Z-130524T1200Z/
DAWES-BOX BUTTE-NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...HARRISON...AGATE
238 PM MDT THU MAY 23 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MDT
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MDT
FRIDAY.

* TIMING...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE
  THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE
  TOWARD SUNRISE.

* WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS TO INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS
  AROUND 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES..ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROAD.
  MOTORISTS MAY NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING STRETCHES OF
  ROAD AFFECTED BY STRONG AND GUSTY CROSSWINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

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