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High Wind Warning 20090211

Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:32 am
by wb5rmg
From the National Weather Service
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High Wind Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1050 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-120000-
/O.CON.KHUN.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090212T0000Z/
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...
RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR...
GUNTERSVILLE...SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN...LYNCHBURG...
FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER
1050 AM CST WED FEB 11 2009

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL
IMPACT THE CENTRAL TENNESSEE VALLEY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AS A
VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. WIND GUSTS WILL
PERIODICALLY EXCEED 45 MPH...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE DUE TO THE STRENGTH AND DURATION
OF THE EXPECTED HIGH WINDS. THE POTENTIAL FOR WIND DAMAGE WILL BE
MOST PREVALENT AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. EXPECTED HIGH WINDS MAY LEAD TO WIDESPREAD PROPERTY
DAMAGE. DRIVING WILL BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES.

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NADLER