HIDEDAMAGING WINDS LIKELY IN SOME AREAS TODAY...
.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE VIRGINIA COAST WILL
VERY SLOWLY MOVE OUT TO SEA DURING THE DAY. HOWEVER STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BE QUITE
STRONG ACROSS THE REGION.
WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. THE HIGHEST WINDS WILL
LIKELY BE OVER THE HIGH ELEVATIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.
NCZ001>003-018-019-VAZ007-009>017-022-032-033-WVZ042-121630-
/O.CON.KRNK.HW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080513T0100Z/
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-SURRY-WATAUGA-WILKES-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-
WYTHE-PULASKI-MONTGOMERY-GRAYSON-CARROLL-FLOYD-ROANOKE-PATRICK-
FRANKLIN-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...DOBSON...
BOONE...WILKESBORO...TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...PEARISBURG...
WYTHEVILLE...PULASKI...RADFORD...BLACKSBURG...INDEPENDENCE...
GALAX...FLOYD...SALEM...STUART...ROCKY MOUNT...BLUEFIELD
416 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2008
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING.
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF THE AREA THROUGH
TODAY. WINDS MAY GUST BETWEEN 50 AND 65 MPH AT TIMES. THESE GUSTS
WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN SOME TREES...TREE LIMBS...OR POWER
LINES. DUE TO THE WET GROUND AND THE FACT THAT THE LEAVES HAVE
COME OUT ON MOST TREES...WINDS OF THIS SPEED WILL MORE EASILY
TOPPLE TREES.
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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