High Wind Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
340 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010

...VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN ALONG THE COAST TODAY AND THEN DRIFT
SLOWLY EAST AND OFFSHORE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. THIS IN
COMBINATION WITH ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST
WILL MAKE FOR VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS INTO EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING.

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SURRY-STOKES-ROCKINGHAM-CASWELL-WILKES-YADKIN-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-
BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-
ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-
BEDFORD-AMHERST-HENRY-PITTSYLVANIA-CAMPBELL-APPOMATTOX-BUCKINGHAM-
HALIFAX-CHARLOTTE-MERCER-SUMMERS-MONROE-GREENBRIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOBSON...DANBURY...EDEN...WILKESBORO...
YADKINVILLE...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG...
WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...GALAX...FLOYD...
NEW CASTLE...CLIFTON FORGE...COVINGTON...HOT SPRINGS...ROANOKE...
SALEM...FINCASTLE...LEXINGTON...BUENA VISTA...STUART...
ROCKY MOUNT...BEDFORD...AMHERST...MARTINSVILLE...DANVILLE...
LYNCHBURG...APPOMATTOX...SOUTH BOSTON...KEYSVILLE...BLUEFIELD...
FLAT TOP...HINTON...HIX...UNION...LEWISBURG...QUINWOOD...DUO...
RAINELLE
340 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY.

* SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH
  THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 55 OR 65 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH OR
  STRONGER MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS.

* WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH ALONE CAN KNOCK DOWN TREES. HOWEVER
  WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATING ON TREES ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
  MOUNTAINS WILL MAKE THIS OCCURRENCE EVEN MORE LIKELY. POWER
  LINES AND DAMAGE TO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

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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