[WeatherBulletin] High Wind Warning - Update

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Weather Bulletin
WWUS72 KGSP 261553
NPWGSP

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1053 AM EST FRI FEB 26 2010

..VERY WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY...

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY WELL TO THE SOUTHWEST
OF DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. STRONG TO DAMAGING
WINDS WILL IMPACT MAINLY NORTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAIN
LOCATIONS...AND THE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT FOOTHILLS...WHILE WINDY
TO VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REST OF THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON.

NCZ033-049-050-053-064-065-501>507-262300-
/O.CON.KGSP.HW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100226T2300Z/
AVERY-YANCEY-MITCHELL-BUNCOMBE-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-
CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-GREATER CALDWELL-BURKE MOUNTAINS-GREATER BURKE-
MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS-EASTERN MCDOWELL-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWLAND...SPRUCE PINE...ASHEVILLE...
BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...MARION...
LAKE LURE
1053 AM EST FRI FEB 26 2010

..HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
EVENING. 

SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS
60 MPH...WILL DEVELOP OR CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA...AS WELL AS THE IMMEDIATELY
ADJACENT FOOTHILLS. THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING GUSTS WILL BE
AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH WILL CAUSE QUITE A
FEW TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...RESULTING IN POWER
OUTAGES...BLOCKED ROADS AND DAMAGE TO SOME HOMES.

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.

&&

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GERAPETRITIS



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