Wind Advisory - Watauga (North Carolina)

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STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS THROUGH TONIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS JUST WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS TONIGHT INTO
EARLY MONDAY MORNING. STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS IN ADVANCE OF THIS
SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE
STRONGEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE HIGHEST RIDGES.

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/O.NEW.KRNK.WI.Y.0011.100321T2000Z-100322T1000Z/
ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GRAYSON-MERCER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST JEFFERSON...SPARTA...BOONE...
TAZEWELL...MARION...BLAND...INDEPENDENCE...WHITETOP...TROUTDALE...
VOLNEY...BLUEFIELD...FLAT TOP
200 PM EDT SUN MAR 21 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY.


* SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THIS EVENING
WITH THE HIGHEST SPEEDS EXPECTED AROUND MIDNIGHT.

* SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHEST PEAKS AND IN LOCATIONS
WHERE WINDS MAY GET CHANNELED.

* WET SOIL CONDITIONS MAY ALLOW FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.


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