High Wind Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
304 PM PST SAT NOV 21 2009

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON...

.A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
LATE TONIGHT AND ON SUNDAY AND WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS
ACROSS THE REGION. STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
OREGON, THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY, AND WALLOWA COUNTY.

ORZ049-050-220800-
/O.UPG.KPDT.HW.A.0007.091122T0300Z-091122T1600Z/
/O.NEW.KPDT.HW.W.0006.091122T0300Z-091122T1800Z/
GRANDE RONDE VALLEY-WALLOWA COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA GRANDE...ELGIN...UNION...
ENTERPRISE...JOSEPH...WALLOWA
304 PM PST SAT NOV 21 2009

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
PST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENDLETON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST
SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

SOUTH WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH WILL DEVELOP
LATE THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. STRONGEST
WINDS AND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE WALLOWA
MOUNTAINS AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GRANDE RONDE VALLEY NEAR LADD
AND PYLES CANYONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO BE 40 MPH OR GREATER WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. THESE
WINDS CAN EASILY TOSS AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS AND DOWN LARGE TREE
LIMBS AND POWER LINES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS SHOULD USE EXTREME
CAUTION AND BE ALERT FOR FLYING DEBRIS. DRIVING MAY ALSO BE
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. FOR ADDITIONAL
WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PENDLETON.

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