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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

January 26, 2012

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this wind advisory at Jan 26, 2012, 3:43 PM EST. It took effect at Jan 27, 2012, 5:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 26, 2012, 3:43 PM EST (20:43 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 27, 2012, 5:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 27, 2012, 1:00 PM EST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

891 
WWUS72 KMHX 262043
NPWMHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
343 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012

...WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA TONIGHT. SOUTH WINDS
WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH LATE TONIGHT
INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNINGBY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. AREAS ALONG THE OUTER
BANKS AND COASTAL CARTERET COUNTY WILL EXPERIENCE THE HIGHEST OF
THE WINDS.

NCZ095-103-104-271000-
/O.NEW.KMHX.WI.Y.0003.120127T1000Z-120127T1800Z/
CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOREHEAD CITY...BEAUFORT...
EMERALD ISLE...NEWPORT...KILL DEVIL HILLS...KITTY HAWK...
NAGS HEAD...SOUTHERN SHORES
343 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 1 PM EST
FRIDAY. 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...FRIDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL ADVERSELY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW
  AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE.
  DEAD OR WEAKENED TREES AND SMALL BRANCHES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN BY
  THE WINDS. SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. 

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
682 
WWUS72 KMHX 270938
NPWMHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
438 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012

...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE OUTER BANKS...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA THIS MORNING. SOUTH WINDS
WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH EARLY THIS
MORNING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AREAS ALONG THE OUTER
BANKS AND COASTAL CARTERET COUNTY WILL EXPERIENCE THE HIGHEST WIND
GUSTS. 

NCZ095-103-104-271800-
/O.CON.KMHX.WI.Y.0003.120127T1000Z-120127T1800Z/
CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOREHEAD CITY...BEAUFORT...
EMERALD ISLE...NEWPORT...KILL DEVIL HILLS...KITTY HAWK...
NAGS HEAD...SOUTHERN SHORES
438 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS WILL ADVERSELY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE
  VEHICLES...AND BLOW AROUND LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND
  LAWN FURNITURE. DEAD OR WEAKENED TREES AND SMALL BRANCHES MAY BE
  BLOWN DOWN BY THE WINDS. SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

&&

$$
DAG
994 
WWUS72 KMHX 271807
NPWMHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
107 PM EST FRI JAN 27 2012


NCZ095-103-104-271915-
/O.EXP.KMHX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120127T1800Z/
CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOREHEAD CITY...BEAUFORT...
EMERALD ISLE...NEWPORT...KILL DEVIL HILLS...KITTY HAWK...
NAGS HEAD...SOUTHERN SHORES
107 PM EST FRI JAN 27 2012

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED AS THE COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED OFFSHORE.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 26, 2:53 PM ESTGale WarningMHX22 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.