High Wind Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

...DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID
ATLANTIC COAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THIS...IN COMBINATION
WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT
IN DAMAGING WESTERLY WINDS.

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PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-
ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-
WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-
ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON...
WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO...
HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG...
NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO...
RALEIGH...SMITHFIELD...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY...
SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD...LILLINGTON...GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO...
ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON
550 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...

VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY
MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE LATE MORNING
AND AFTERNOON HOURS...WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND
DAMAGING GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. A FEW LOCATIONS
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN MAY SEE
WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.

RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOGGY
GROUND CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THE COMBINATION
OF WEAK ROOT SUPPORT AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE
DOWNING OF NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE
SUCH AS RIPPED SIDING OR SHINGLES MAY ALSO OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER
LINES. DO NOT CROSS WIRES AS THEY MAY STILL BE LIVE.
ADDITIONALLY...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES VERY DIFFICULT. THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS SUCH AS ON
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

$$

VINCENT

Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
315 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

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ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-
JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-
RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
315 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 9 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND INCREASE LATE TONIGHT...WITH
GUSTS TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE IN THE PREDAWN HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HIGH WIND WARNING.

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE
MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH POSSIBLE
THEN. DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF COLD MORNING LOWS AND GUSTY
WINDS...WIND CHILLS THURSDAY MORNING WILL BE AS LOW AS THE SINGLE
DIGITS IN THE TRIAD TO THE MID TEENS IN THE COASTAL PLAIN.

$$

DJF