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Amherst South: HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON EDT THURSDAY
Nelson North: WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
340 AM EDT WED MAR 12 2014
…STRONG DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING…
.A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THROUGH THE REGION LATER THIS
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. A QUICK SURGE IN ARCTIC AIR
FOLLOWING THE FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT
TO RESULT IN VERY GUSTY…PERHAPS DAMAGING NORTHWEST WINDS.
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-
WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-
ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-
MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WEST JEFFERSON…SPARTA…DOBSON…
BOONE…WILKESBORO…TAZEWELL…MARION…BLAND…PEARISBURG…
WYTHEVILLE…RADFORD…PULASKI…BLACKSBURG…INDEPENDENCE…
WHITETOP…TROUTDALE…VOLNEY…GALAX…FLOYD…NEW CASTLE…
CLIFTON FORGE…COVINGTON…ROANOKE…SALEM…FINCASTLE…
LEXINGTON…BUENA VISTA…STUART…ROCKY MOUNT…BEDFORD…
AMHERST…UNION
340 AM EDT WED MAR 12 2014
…HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON EDT
THURSDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON EDT
THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LOCATIONS…THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA… SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHWEST NORTH
CAROLINA.
* HAZARDS…STRONG GUSTY…POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS.
* WINDS…NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH.
* TIMING…FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS…DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE STRONGER WIND GUSTS.
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.
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
305 AM EDT WED MAR 12 2014
…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING…
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-
NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-
PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-
EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-AUGUSTA-
ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-NELSON-
ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-LOUDOUN-CULPEPER-
PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX-
ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-NORTHERN FAUQUIER-
SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-WESTERN HIGHLAND-EASTERN HIGHLAND-HAMPSHIRE-
MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-
WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-WESTERN PENDLETON-
EASTERN PENDLETON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WASHINGTON…HAGERSTOWN…FREDERICK…
WESTMINSTER…GAITHERSBURG…COLUMBIA…BALTIMORE…ANNAPOLIS…
WALDORF…ST MARYS CITY…FROSTBURG…CUMBERLAND…STAUNTON…
WAYNESBORO…HARRISONBURG…WINCHESTER…FRONT ROYAL…
CHARLOTTESVILLE…LEESBURG…CULPEPER…MANASSAS…
MANASSAS PARK…FAIRFAX…ALEXANDRIA…FALLS CHURCH…WARRENTON…
HIGHTOWN…MONTEREY…MARTINSBURG…CHARLES TOWN…MOOREFIELD…
BAYARD…MOUNT STORM…PETERSBURG…ELK GARDEN…KEYSER…
FORT ASHBY…CIRCLEVILLE…FRANKLIN
305 AM EDT WED MAR 12 2014
…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT
THURSDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS
ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 11 AM EDT THURSDAY.
* TIMING…WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
* WINDS…NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
* IMPACTS…SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. DIFFICULTY
DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE
EXPECTED. SECURE OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND TAKE CARE DRIVING HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES.
