Friday, October 14, 2011

High Wind Warning


URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
351 PM EDT FRI OCT 14 2011

NYZ001>003-010>012-019-020-085-150400-
/O.UPG.KBUF.HW.A.0002.111015T0600Z-111016T0900Z/
/O.NEW.KBUF.HW.W.0005.111015T1100Z-111016T0800Z/
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-CHAUTAUQUA-
CATTARAUGUS-SOUTHERN ERIE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NIAGARA FALLS...MEDINA...ROCHESTER...
BUFFALO...BATAVIA...WARSAW...JAMESTOWN...OLEAN...ORCHARD PARK...
SPRINGVILLE
351 PM EDT FRI OCT 14 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM EDT
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 4 AM EDT
SUNDAY. THIS UPGRADES THE HIGH WIND WATCH WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY IN
EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...MOST OF WESTERN NEW YORK.

* TIMING...EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

* WINDS...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.

* IMPACTS...HIGH WINDS MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWERLINES
RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. THE
LEAVES ARE STILL ON MOST TREES AND THE GROUND IS VERY WET...
WHICH WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO
OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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