[spotters-illianaskywarn] Fwd: High Wind Watch

  • From: Keith Reedy <wa9dro@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: spotters-illianaskywarn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:13:07 -0500



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From: interwarn@xxxxxxxx
Date: February 10, 2009 3:43:11 AM GMT-05:00
To: interwarn@xxxxxxxx
Subject: High Wind Watch
Reply-To: interwarn@xxxxxxxx


WWUS73 KIND 100842
NPWIND

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
342 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2009

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-101645-
/O.NEW.KIND.HW.A.0001.090211T1500Z-090212T1200Z/
CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY-
BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE-
PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN-
JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW-
DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO...
CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE...
SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...
SEYMOUR
342 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2009

..HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AS IT
MOVES TOWARD INDIANA ON WEDNESDAY. OUT AHEAD OF THIS LOW...VERY
STRONG WIND WILL BEGIN AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO OVER 55 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. AS A COLD FRONT
BEGINS TO MOVE ACROSS INDIANA ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT WIND WILL STAY IN
THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. AFTER THE
FRONT PASSES WIND WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE BY THURSDAY MORNING.

WIND OF THIS STRENGTH CAN CAUSE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. WITH A
SATURATED GROUND FROM RECENT SNOW MELT AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
EXPECTED TREES COULD EASILY BE TOPPLED IN THE STRONG WIND. IN
ADDITION TO TREE DAMAGE...POWER OUTAGES COULD ALSO OCCUR AS LOOSE
TREE BRANCHES AND TREES COULD FALL INTO POWER LINES.

ANYONE WITH OUTDOOR INTERESTS WILL BE AFFECTED BY HIGH WINDS.
TRAVELERS SHOULD REMAIN CAUTIOUS WHEN MAKING TRAVEL PLANS ON
WEDNESDAY.

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

$$
SALLY






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