Lake WInd Advisory for today in West KY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
416 AM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE QUAD STATE REGION
IN ADVANCE OF A SHARPENING COLD FRONT IN THE PLAINS AND UPPER
MIDWEST TODAY AND IMPACT AREA LAKES AND RIVERS...

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WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-
WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION...
MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...
CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...
JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO...
MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...
EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON...
BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...
MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...
DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...
CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...
CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...
BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
416 AM CDT SUN APR 26 2009

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM
CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING AND COVERS ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...WESTERN
KENTUCKY...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA.

SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 15 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP AND INCREASE MARKEDLY AFTER 10 AM CDT...WITH THESE WINDS
EXPECTED TO REACH NEAR 25 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY AND MIDDLE
AFTERNOON HOURS. IN ADDITION...WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH
WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON.

THOSE PERSONS PLANNING ON CANOEING OR BOATING ON AREA LAKES AND
RIVERS TODAY SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION. REGARDLESS OF YOUR
PLANS...PLAY IT SAFE AND WEAR LIFE JACKETS AND CARRY FLOTATION
DEVICES WITH YOU WHEN YOU ARE NEAR THE WATER.

THE WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH AT OR BELOW 15 MPH CLOSE TO SUNSET...AROUND
7 PM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.
FOR THE QUAD STATE REGION...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN
WINDS OF 20 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED OVER LARGE BODIES OF
WATER FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR.

FOR THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL ON KENTUCKY AND BARKLEY LAKES IN
KENTUCKY OR REND LAKE IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...WINDS OUT OF THE
SOUTH WILL CARRY ALONG THE FETCH OF THESE LAKES...WHICH MAY RESULT
IN WIND SPEEDS EVEN HIGHER THAN EXPECTED. INCREASED SWELLS AND
WAVE HEIGHTS MUCH GREATER THAN NORMAL ARE SURE TO OCCUR...EVEN
DURING AN OTHERWISE SUNNY AND PLEASANT DAY. IN ADDITION...CAMPERS
NEAR THE SHORELINE MAY SEE TENTS AND AWNINGS ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY
THE EXPECTED HIGH WINDS ALONG THE LAKES.

REGARDLESS OF THE LAKE OR RIVER YOU MAY BE PLANNING TRAVEL
ON...THESE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN VERY HAZARDOUS BOATING
CONDITIONS.

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SMITH