Wind advisories, high wind watch

UNDATED - A wind advisory and high wind watch cover all or parts of north and central Georgia today. <br /> <br /> 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 /> <br /> *****WIND ADVISORY:<br /> <br /> 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 /> <br /> 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 /> <br /> 915 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2010<br /> <br /> ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM<br /> EST THURSDAY FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...<br /> <br /> 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 /> <br /> 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 /> <br /> *****HIGH WIND WATCH<br /> <br /> <br /> 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 /> <br /> 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 /> <br /> 421 AM EST TUE FEB 9 2010<br /> <br /> ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE<br /> WEDNESDAY NIGHT...<br /> <br /> 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 /> <br />

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