HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 600 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 545 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.
.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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   HIGH WIND WARNING.
   STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED INTO THURSDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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HIGH WIND WARNING
Issue Date: 511 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 100 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 THIS AFTERNOON
INTO WEDNESDAY.
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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
511 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM
EST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST
WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING: THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
* 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.
WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 55 MPH ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 3500
FEET.
* 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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