...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION...ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO 40 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES ARE EXPECTED BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. * TIMING...THE COLD FRONT EXTENDED SOUTHEAST OF A BONHAM TO DFW TO GOLDTHWAITE LINE AT LATE EVENING AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PALESTINE AND HEARNE AREAS BY 5 AM. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST AND NORTH BEHIND THE FRONT. THE STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...WHEN THE WINDS ARE AT THEIR STRONGEST...SUSTAINED AT 30 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH...DRIVING WILL BECOME DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ON EAST TO WEST ORIENTED HIGHWAYS. OTHERWISE...ANY LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS NOT PROPERLY SECURED ARE LIKELY TO BE BLOWN AROUND BY THESE STRONG WINDS. IF WEDNESDAY IS TRASH PICKUP DAY...WAIT UNTIL WEDNESDAY MORNING TO PLACE AT CURB SIDE AS WINDS TONIGHT WILL LIKELY TURN TRASH CANS OVER AND BLOW TRASH AND PAPER AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BOATERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN VENTURING ONTO AREA LAKES. RESIDENTS MAY WISH TO TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND IN THE STRONG WINDS. && MC
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 02:50:20 +0000
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