Wind Advisory for today

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
246 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-011800-
/O.NEW.KPAH.WI.Y.0001.110201T2100Z-110202T2100Z/
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
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
246 AM CST TUE FEB 1 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY
FOR THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE REGION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING: AN APPROACHING POWERFUL WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL START
 TO INCREASE WIND SPEEDS THIS AFTERNOON. BY EVENING..WINDS MAY BE
 GUSTING INTO THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE. WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE
 TO INCREASE AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA...AND
 WINDS WILL PEAK LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* WINDS: STRONG WINDS WILL PEAK IN THE 20 TO 35 MPH RANGE
 OVERNIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE FROM LATE TONIGHT
 THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS: VEHICULAR TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY HIGH PROFILE
 VEHICLES...WILL BE IMPACTED BY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. GUSTY
 WINDS CAN ALSO KNOCK DOWN TREES OR POWER LINES...PARTICULARLY IF
 THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPROMISED BY ICING.

* OTHER IMPACTS...THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO FORECAST TUESDAY
 AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND ANY STRONG STORM CAN ALSO PRODUCE
 GUSTY WINDS. IN ADDITION...VERY COLD AIR WILL ARRIVE AS THE
 SYSTEM DEPARTS...AND CONTINUED STRONG WINDS ON THE SYSTEM`S
 BACKSIDE...FROM EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THE DAY ON
 WEDNESDAY WILL CREATE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

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