NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
1119 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011

...HIGH WINDS INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS NEW YORK CITY...LONG
ISLAND...COASTAL CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...AND
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY...

...STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE NORTHERN LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND INTERIOR SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT...

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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-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
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-
1119 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS
EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY...LONG ISLAND...NORTHEAST NEW
  JERSEY...COASTAL CONNECTICUT...AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
  LOWER HUDSON VALLEY.

* HAZARDS...HIGH WINDS.

* WINDS...SOUTH WEST 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60
  MPH...SHIFTING WEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS
  ABOVE 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EARLY THIS EVENING.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EARLY THIS EVENING...IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF AND AFTER THE PASSAGE
  OF A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE HIGH WINDS WILL BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER
  LINES. LOOSE...LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS OUTDOORS...SUCH AS TRASH
  CANS AND DECK FURNITURE SHOULD BE BROUGHT INDOORS OR SECURED.
  USE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES CROSSING BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

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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