Urgent Wind Advisory for The Shoals

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hazardous weather featuredURGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
230 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY...

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LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...
RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR...
GUNTERSVILLE...SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN...LYNCHBURG...
FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER
230 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...NORTHERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE
  TENNESSEE FROM 9 AM CST TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL START TO INCREASE MARKEDLY AFTER 9AM
  CST SUNDAY MORNING ACROSS THE AREA AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM
  APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 25 MPH OR HIGHER
  AND GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH OR HIGHER WILL OCCUR ACROSS NORTHERN
  ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE BETWEEN 9 AM CST AND 9 PM CST
  SUNDAY. WINDS WILL LIKELY BE STRONGEST FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO
  THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* IMPACTS...SMALL OUTDOOR ITEMS MAY BE BLOW AROUND BY GUSTY WINDS.
  DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY IN
  AREAS FREE OF OBSTRUCTIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST
25 MPH...OR GUSTS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
AFFECTED AREA. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. IN
ADDITION...ENSURE ALL LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS REMAIN SECURE...
INCLUDING PATIO FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS.
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