Wind Advisory in effect – National Weather Service

NORTHWEST ALABAMA – The Huntsville Office of the National Weather Service has issued a special weather advisory:

Here is the weather advisory:

...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM CDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM CDT THURSDAY.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...ALL OF NORTH ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN
  MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM CDT THURSDAY.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED 25 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. A FEW
  HIGHER WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER
  ELEVATIONS.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE DRIVING DIFFICULTIES FOR HIGH
  PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING FROM AN EAST TO WEST
  DIRECTION. THE WINDS WILL ALSO BLOW AROUND LIGHT AND UNSECURED
  OUTDOOR OBJECTS... SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE...TRASH CANS AND
  HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS.

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.