UNDATED - A wind advisory and high wind watch cover all or parts of north and central Georgia today. <br />
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The winter weather advisory for Rabun County was canceled. The wind advisory is for central and north Georgia; and the high wind watch is for a number of Carolina counties and five in Georgia: Rabun, Habersham, Stephens, Franklin and Hart. <br />
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*****WIND ADVISORY:<br />
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DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-FANNIN-GILMER-UNION-TOWNS-<br />
CHATTOOGA-GORDON-PICKENS-DAWSON-LUMPKIN-WHITE-FLOYD-BARTOW-<br />
CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-<br />
NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-<br />
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-<br />
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-<br />
SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-<br />
MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-<br />
GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-<br />
WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-<br />
MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-<br />
SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-<br />
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS COUNTIES.<br />
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...DAHLONEGA...CLEVELAND...<br />
ROME...CARTERSVILLE...GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...<br />
LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...<br />
DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...<br />
GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...<br />
WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA AND SURROUNDING AREAS.<br />
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915 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2010<br />
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...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM<br />
EST THURSDAY FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...<br />
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A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY.<br />
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS<br />
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT...AND WILL CONTINUE<br />
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20<br />
TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH OR POSSIBLY HIGHER.<br />
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...<br />
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A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 MPH OR<br />
HIGHER OR GUSTS TO 35 MPH OR STRONGER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS<br />
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE<br />
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. SOILS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL<br />
GEORGIA REMAIN NEARLY SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS...THIS<br />
WILL PUT SOME TREES AND POWER LINES IN DANGER OF FALLING IN THE<br />
STRONG WINDS.<br />
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*****HIGH WIND WATCH<br />
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RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-<br />
CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-<br />
HENDERSON-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-<br />
GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE-EASTERN MCDOWELL-<br />
RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS-GREATER RUTHERFORD-POLK MOUNTAINS-<br />
EASTERN POLK-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-<br />
GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-<br />
GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON COUNTIES.<br />
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...<br />
HARTWELL...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...<br />
FRANKLIN...BREVARD...HENDERSONVILLE...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...<br />
GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...<br />
MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS...GREENVILLE...<br />
SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON AND SURROUNDING AREAS.<br />
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421 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2010<br />
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...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE<br />
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...<br />
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VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION ON<br />
WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE FOR MOST OF WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SUSTAINED<br />
WIND SPEEDS WILL PEAK DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...RANGING<br />
FROM 30 TO 40 MPH. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS MAY DEVELOP BY MID DAY AND<br />
REMAIN INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY. PEAK GUSTS ARE<br />
FORECAST TO EXCEED 60 MPH.<br />
RECENT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENTS AND COOL TEMPERATURES HAS<br />
KEPT SOIL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION NEARLY SATURATED. IN<br />
ADDITION...MOST OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA<br />
WILL EXPERIENCE A HARD FREEZE TONIGHT...FURTHER LOOSENING THE<br />
SOIL. THE COMBINATION OF UNSTABLE SOIL CONDITIONS AND STRONG GUSTY<br />
WINDS COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.<br />
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...<br />
A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS<br />
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF<br />
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST<br />
FORECASTS.<br />
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