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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 426 PM EDT FRI DEC 1 1999 ...HIGH WIND WATCH SATURDAY... WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION...POSSIBLY REACHING SPEEDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WIND WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO TOPPLE TREES AND POWER LINES...AND WILL MAKE DRIVING DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY ON NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED ROADS. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN VIRGINIA... AMELIA...CAROLINE...CHARLES CITY...CHESTERFIELD INCLUDING COLONIAL HEIGHTS...CUMBERLAND...DINWIDDIE...ESSEX...FLUVANNA... GLOUCESTER...GOOCHLAND...GREENSVILLE INCLUDING EMPORIA... HANOVER...HENRICO INCLUDING RICHMOND...ISLE OF WIGHT...JAMES CITY INCLUDING WILLIAMSBURG...KING WILLIAM...KING AND QUEEN... LANCASTER...LOUISA...BRUNSWICK...LUNENBURG...MATHEWS... MECKLENBURG...MIDDLESEX...NEW KENT...NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON... NORTHUMBERLAND...NOTTOWAY...POWHATAN...PRINCE GEORGE INCLUDING PETERSBURG AND HOPEWELL...RICHMOND...SOUTHAMPTON INCLUDING FRANKLIN...SUFFOLK...SURRY...SUSSEX...WESTMORELAND...AND YORK INCLUDING POQUOSON. IN MARYLAND... DORCHESTER...WICOMICO...AND ACCOMACK IN NORTH CAROLINA... NORTHAMPTON...GATES...BERTIE...AND HERTFORD TAKE PRECAUTIONS NOW TO MOVE ANY LOOSE YARD FURNITURE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TRASH CANS...DEBRIS AND TREE LIMBS MAY BE BLOWN INTO HIGHWAYS. $$ TRA |
WWUS71 KAKQ WBCNPWAKQ As needed, with updates issued at least every 6 hours after initial issuance. Additional Info: The High Wind Watch is updated through the same product. High Wind Watches can be upgraded to High Wind Warnings. High Wind Watches are headlined in the Public Zone Forecasts, are are issued when the threat of winds sustained over 40 mph, or gusts over 58 mph exist within 12 to 24 hours. |