High Wind Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
510 AM AKST MON NOV 23 2009

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ANCHORAGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANCHORAGE...EAGLE RIVER...INDIAN...
EKLUTNA
510 AM AKST MON NOV 23 2009

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM
AKST THIS EVENING ALONG TURNAGAIN ARM AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM
AKST THIS EVENING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

A STRONG STORM APPROACHING THE SOUTHERN KENAI PENINSULA EARLY THIS
MORNING WILL CROSS TO THE WESTERN KENAI PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON
AND INTO COOK INLET THIS EVENING. AS IT DOES SO THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT ACROSS TURNAGAIN ARM WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE. THE
COMBINATION OF THIS GRADIENT ALONG WITH PRESSURE RISES BEHIND THE
LOW WILL PRODUCE EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 80 MPH ALONG TURNAGAIN ARM
AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING
THROUGH THE EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH MONDAY NIGHT
INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD
BE BLOWN AROUND OR DAMAGED BY THE WIND.

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