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Wind Advisory

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1258 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

...WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA ON THURSDAY...

.STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST NORTH
DAKOTA THURSDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING. 35
MPH WINDS WITH PEAK GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. CITIES
INCLUDED IN THE ADVISORY ARE HETTINGER...BOWMAN...DICKINSON...
BEACH...MEDORA...KILLDEER AND WATFORD CITY. WINDS THIS STRONG
WILL MAKE WORKING OUTDOORS ON ELEVATED STRUCTURES HAZARDOUS...AND
DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT.


NDZ017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-231400-
/O.CON.KBIS.WI.Y.0009.130523T1500Z-130524T0300Z/
MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-
ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEACH...
MEDORA...DICKINSON...MARMARTH...MOTT...BOWMAN...HETTINGER
1258 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013 /1158 PM MDT WED MAY 22 2013/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT /9 AM MDT/ THIS
MORNING TO 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST SUSTAINED TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE WORKING OUTDOORS ON
  ELEVATED STRUCTURES HAZARDOUS...AND DRIVING HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES DIFFICULT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND
OR GUSTS UNDER 58 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

HEINERT






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