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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
228 AM EDT WED OCT 7 2009

..STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA...DRAGGING
A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL
INCREASE FROM THE WEST-SOUTHWEST THIS MORNING...WITH GUSTY WINDS
EXPECTED SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK ACROSS THE FINGER LAKES AND BY MID
MORNING OVER THE CATSKILLS AND POCONOS. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE DAY BEFORE DIMINISHING BY EVENING.

NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-
044-047-048-072-071430-
/O.NEW.KBGM.WI.Y.0003.091007T1200Z-091008T0000Z/
NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN-
SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-
CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-
SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-
SOUTHERN WAYNE-
228 AM EDT WED OCT 7 2009

..WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING. 

A COLD FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS TO THE REGION THIS MORNING.
WINDS WILL INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AFTER DAYBREAK ACROSS THE
FINGER LAKES AND BY MID MORNING ACROSS THE CATSKILLS AND POCONOS.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH WILL
BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING DOWN TREES AS SIGNIFICANT FOLIAGE
REMAINS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE THIS EVENING ACROSS
THE AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WIND ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST
30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS OF THIS
MAGNITUDE COULD CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES AND
WEAKER STRUCTURES. PERSONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD SECURE ALL
LOOSE OBJECTS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING
IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA...ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO
LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO
CROSSWINDS WHEN DRIVING ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADS.

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