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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
317 PM EDT SAT APR 13 2019

...HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS...

.GUSTY SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AROUND A STRONG SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH LARGE UPPER STORM SYSTEM WILL LIKELY AFFECT HIGHER ELEVATIONS TONIGHT AND MOST OF THE DAY ON SUNDAY.

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 PM EDT SUNDAY ABOVE 3500 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING ABOVE 3500 FEET, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 PM EDT SUNDAY.

* LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

* HAZARDS...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS.

* TIMING...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO SUNDAY EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTH 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DAMAGING WINDS COULD BLOW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

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.