URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
329 PM EST MON NOV 29 2010


NYZ019-085-300430-
/O.NEW.KBUF.HW.W.0002.101130T1000Z-101130T2000Z/
CHAUTAUQUA-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JAMESTOWN...ORCHARD PARK...SPRINGVILLE
329 PM EST MON NOV 29 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 3 PM EST TUESDAY.


* LOCATIONS: HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CHAUTAUQUA
  AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ALONG THE
  LAKE ERIE SHORELINE.

* TIMING: STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND DAYBREAK
  TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

* WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH
  WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORE. FARTHER INLAND
  GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

* IMPACTS: HIGH WINDS MAY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWERLINES
  RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND SOME PROPERTY DAMAGE.
  THE STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BE BLOWING DIRECTLY ACROSS THE
  NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY...CREATING VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING
  CONDITIONS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR...WITH GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER
AT ANY TIME. DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES...AND PROPERTY ARE
POSSIBLE WITH WIND OF THIS MAGNITUDE. IF YOU HAVE A HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES BE EXTRA CAREFUL UNTIL THE WIND SUBSIDES.