The National Weather Service has issued a High Wind Warning for our area:
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
408 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2013…DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING…
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES FROM IOWA TO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. AS THE TRAILING COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW MOVES ACROSS OUR AREA BY THIS EVENING… WINDS WILL SHIFT TO WEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH FOR A 3 TO 6 HOUR PERIOD. EVEN HIGHER WIND GUSTS AND SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
[…] …HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ MONDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ MONDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL SHIFT TO WEST WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
* HIGHER GUSTS AND SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY.
IMPACTS…
* POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE.
* DAMAGE TO TREES POSSIBLE.
* DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT… ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS SEMI-TRUCKS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.
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