[WeatherBulletin] High Wind Warning - Update

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Weather Bulletin
WWUS72 KGSP 101553
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1053 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010

..DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...

A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL WRAP UP ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC
COAST TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE LOW
AND ACROSS THE REGION. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT
TIMES...WITH WIND SPEEDS SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS.

NCZ062>065-502-504-506>510-110000-
/O.CON.KGSP.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100211T1100Z/
MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-GREATER CALDWELL-
GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-EASTERN POLK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...
LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS
1053 AM EST WED FEB 10 2010

..HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. 

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF
30 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY. THE WINDS MAY GUST TO 60 MPH AT TIMES...
ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

RECENT PRECIPITATION...ALONG WITH COLD TEMPERATURES...HAS KEPT
THE SOIL QUITE MOIST ACROSS THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF WET
SOIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN NUMEROUS DOWNED
TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS WHEN GUSTS WILL BE STRONGEST.

IN ADDITION...MOISTURE ARRIVING WITH THE STRENGTHENING NORTHWEST
FLOW MAY PRODUCE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN AND NEAR THE
MOUNTAINS. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN WESTERN
FOOTHILL LOCATIONS VERY NEAR THE MOUNTAINS...WITH AN INCH OR TWO
OF SNOW POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGE TOPS FROM MACON COUNTY TO
HENDERSON COUNTY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND COLD
TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO
THURSDAY MORNING.

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 OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

TAKE STEPS NOW TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT MIGHT BE BLOWN
ABOUT BY THE WIND. BE AWARE OF THE THREAT OF FALLING TREES AND
POWER LINES TODAY. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE
ANY HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

&&

$$
RB

WWWW


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