WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 1 AM FRIDAY

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

1000 PM EST WED FEB 19 2014

...STRONG GRADIENT WINDS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN

INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

.A WARM FRONT WILL SURGE NORTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND

SOUTHERN INDIANA OVERNIGHT. AFTER THE WARM FRONT PASSES THROUGH...

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE DRAMATICALLY DURING THE DAY ON

THURSDAY AS A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT DEVELOPS ACROSS THE

REGION. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO

45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE EARLY

FRIDAY MORNING AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PRESSES EASTWARD ACROSS

KENTUCKY.

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ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-

CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-

BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-

JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-

SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-

FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-

MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-

GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-

TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-

ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-

CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...

JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...

JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...

BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...

MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...

BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...

CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...

LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...

HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...

LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN...

BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...

LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...

SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...

JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY

1000 PM EST WED FEB 19 2014 /900 PM CST WED FEB 19 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/

THURSDAY TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ FRIDAY...

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 

  MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. 

* TIMING...THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 10 AM EST

  THURSDAY AND 1 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE FRIDAY

  MORNING AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES.

* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE

  WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST

  ROADWAYS. IN ADDITION...SOGGY GROUND CONDITIONS FROM THE

  RECENT WARMTH MAY RESULT IN TREES BEING EASILY KNOCKED DOWN DUE

  TO THE HIGH WINDS. LARGE TREE BRANCHES BROKEN FROM RECENT ICING

  EVENTS MAY ALSO BE DISLODGED AND MAY FALL TO THE GROUND AND

  POSSIBLY ONTO POWER LINES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR

WIND GUSTS FROM 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN

MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.

WEAKENED TREES MAY ALSO BE BLOWN OVER AND UNSECURED OUTDOOR

OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

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