NPWOKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 340 AM EST THU FEB 24 2011 ...STRONG WINDS LIKELY FROM LATE FRIDAY MORNING INTO FRIDAY EVENING...ACROSS THE NEW YORK CITY METRO...LONG ISLAND...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...AND PORTIONS OF THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT... CTZ008>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ069>071-073>075-078>081- 176>179-242145- /O.NEW.KOKX.HW.A.0001.110225T1500Z-110226T0300Z/ NORTHERN NEW LONDON-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-BRONX- RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU- 340 AM EST THU FEB 24 2011 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY METRO...LONG ISLAND...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY...COASTAL CONNECTICUT...AND ALL OF NEW LONDON COUNTY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH...AND POSSIBLY UP TO 60 MPH DEVELOP FRIDAY MORNING AHEAD OF A STORM SYSTEM TRACKING TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE TRI-STATE FRIDAY. WINDS SHIFT TO THE WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH BEHIND ITS TRAILING COLD FRONT LATE FRIDAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH AND POSSIBLY UP TO 60 MPH INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE MOST LIKELY JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND IN ITS IMMEDIATE WAKE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG GUSTY WINDS LIKELY WILL BRING TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DRIVING...ESPECIALLY OVER BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$