URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
947 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2016
...VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES TO OUR NORTHEAST
TONIGHT... WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT SWEEPING ACROSS OUR AREA. IN
THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM... INTENSE WINDS ABOVE THE SURFACE
COMBINED WITH MUCH COLDER AIR SURGING INTO THE REGION WILL RESULT
IN STRONG TO POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THE STRONGEST WINDS
ARE EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING.HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
NOON EDT SUNDAY...
* WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.
* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THEN
CONTINUE TO BE STRONG INTO SUNDAY. THE HIGHEST GUSTS AND
GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE VERY EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING. THE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH QUICKLY LATER
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY SUNDAY EVENING.
* HIGH WIND IMPACTS...DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES...ESPECIALLY
TREES THAT ARE ALREADY FLOWERING AND LEAFING OUT...MAY
POTENTIALLY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. SOME DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE TO
BUILDING STRUCTURES. DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADS DUE TO CROSS
WINDS...AND ALSO ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS
EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.
SECURE OR STORE AWAY ANY ITEMS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE
STRONG WINDS.
