NPWOKX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1126 AM EST THU FEB 24 2011

...POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS FRIDAY...

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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-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-
1126 AM EST THU FEB 24 2011

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS 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 POTENTIAL WIND GUSTS
  OF 55 MPH TO 60 MPH...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST BEHIND A
  COLD FRONT IN THE EVENING WITH SIMILAR GUSTS.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE FROM LATE FRIDAY
  AFTERNOON INTO THE FIRST HALF OF THE EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THESE STRONG GUSTY WINDS COULD 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.

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