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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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