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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
344 AM PST WED FEB 10 2010

...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED THURSDAY...

.A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE SOUTHWEST OREGON COAST
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN WILL MOVE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
SOUTH WINDS IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT ARE LIKELY TO BRIEFLY GUST TO
NEAR 60 MPH ALONG THE COAST AND TO NEAR 50 MPH INLAND.

CAZ081-101800-
/O.NEW.KMFR.WI.Y.0012.100211T1800Z-100212T0600Z/
CENTRAL SISKIYOU COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YREKA...WEED
344 AM PST WED FEB 10 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY.

* TIMING: 10 AM PST LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH 10 PM PST LATE
  THURSDAY EVENING.

* WINDS: SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 40
  TO 55 MPH.

* IMPACTS: THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL IMPACT INTERSTATE 5 FROM NEAR
  BLACK BUTTE SUMMIT TO YREKA. SLOW DOWNS ARE LIKELY DUE TO THESE
  WINDS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

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