NPWBOX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1110 PM EST TUE DEC 23 2008

...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE FORECAST FOR THE SOUTH COASTS OF
MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING...

.A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND THURSDAY MORNING.

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WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-
SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROCKTON...PLYMOUTH...FALL RIVER...
NEW BEDFORD...MATTAPOISETT...CHATHAM...FALMOUTH...PROVINCETOWN...
VINEYARD HAVEN...NANTUCKET...NARRAGANSETT...WESTERLY...NEWPORT...
BLOCK ISLAND
1110 PM EST TUE DEC 23 2008

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

THIS WATCH COVERS THE SOUTH COASTS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE
ISLAND INCLUDING BLOCK ISLAND...MARTHAS VINEYARD...NANTUCKET AND
ALL OF PLYMOUTH COUNTY.

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT
EARLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL REACH TO 30 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH DURING WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY
MORNING.

THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH OFF THE COAST THURSDAY MORNING...WITH
WINDS SHIFTING TO WEST AND DIMINISHING BY MID MORNING.

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR STRONG DAMAGING
WINDS TO DEVELOP IN THE MENTIONED AREAS.  THESE STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF DOWNING TREES AND POWER LINES AS WELL AS CAUSING
PROPERTY DAMAGE.  IF A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED...STAY INSIDE
AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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