HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 758 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 800 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST
WEST VIRGINIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   HIGH WIND WARNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED FOR REPORTING ANY HIGH WINDS OR
WIND DAMAGE.
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HIGH WIND WARNING
Issue Date: 351 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 700 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RACE FROM THE SOUTHWEST
UNITED STATES TO THE GREAT LAKES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...
.STRONG WINDS AROUND THE LOW WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH EARLY
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
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ASHE-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-GRAYSON-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...BOONE...TAZEWELL...
MARION...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...VOLNEY...
BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP
351 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 35 MPH
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME
SOUTHWEST EARLY WEDNESDAY THEN WEST BEHIND A STRONG COLD
FRONT. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 65 EXPECTED AT
THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS.
* IMPACTS: THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS
AND ALONG THE DOWNSTREAM SLOPES OF THE RIDGES ACROSS SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA AND NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.
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 ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...FALLEN
TREES...MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE...AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE UNFASTENED
ITEMS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND DECK FURNITURE...INDOORS.
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