Wind Advisory 8, NWS Morristown, TN

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1233 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...WINDY CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO
RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL CREATE STRONG SOUTHERLY
WINDS OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS...
GENERALLY ABOVE 2500 FEET. SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS HAD
ALREADY DEVELOPED IN THE WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS OVER THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY REGION...CAUSING LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS.

IN ADDITION...A SQUALL LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT...WITH THESE
STORMS ALSO CREATING STRONG WINDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

TNZ018-041-043-045-047-072-074-030300-
/O.CON.KMRX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120303T0500Z/
JOHNSON-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-
SOUTHEAST CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...COSBY...CEDAR CREEK...
ERWIN...ROAN MOUNTAIN...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG
1233 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

* WINDS...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...
  WITH HIGHER GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...MAINLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
  ABOVE 2500 FEET...BUT ALSO IN AND NEAR ANY STRONG TO SEVERE
  STORMS.  

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THESE WINDS MAY DOWN TREES OR TREE LIMBS...AND POWER 
  LINES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED. MOTORISTS 
  SHOULD BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS TO CROSS WINDS WHEN DRIVING IN THE 
  HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OF
40 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...
SO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING.

&&

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TG

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1146 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...WINDS DECREASING AS THUNDERSTORMS WEAKEN AND DRIER AIR MOVES IN
WITH COLD FRONT MOVING INTO EAST TENNESSEE...

.THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVED FROM THE OHIO VALLEY
NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN ONTARIO LATE TONIGHT AND A COLD FRONT WAS
MOVING INTO THE EASTERN TENNESSEE VALLEY WITH WINDS BECOMING WEST
TO NORTHWEST. THE WINDS WILL BE MOSTLY 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS BUT BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.

TNZ018-041-043-045-047-072-074-030600-
/O.CAN.KMRX.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-120303T0500Z/
JOHNSON-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-
SOUTHEAST CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...COSBY...CEDAR CREEK...
ERWIN...ROAN MOUNTAIN...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG
1146 PM EST FRI MAR 2 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND SHIFTED TO THE NORTHWEST AS A COLD FRONT
MOVES THROUGH.

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TD