WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM FRIDAY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
441 AM EST THU FEB 20 2014

...STRONG GRADIENT WINDS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS
SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

.AFTER A WARM FRONT PASSES NORTH THROUGH THE AREA EARLY THIS
MORNING...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE DRAMATICALLY AFTER SUNRISE
AS A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT DEVELOPS ACROSS THE REGION.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL 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
441 AM EST THU FEB 20 2014 /341 AM CST THU FEB 20 2014/

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS
MORNING TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ FRIDAY...

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40
  TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA.

* TIMING...THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING. WINDS WILL DECREASE EARLY 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 40 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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