Wind Advisory for Northeast NJ and Southeast New York

Wind Advisory

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
334 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING NEAR THE COAST THIS EVENING...

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SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-
SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-
WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-
WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-
NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
334 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EDT
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EDT
SUNDAY.

* LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY...LONG ISLAND...NORTHEAST NEW
JERSEY...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER AND COASTAL CONNECTICUT.

* HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND DOWNED POWER LINES ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH...
OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

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MPS