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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
408 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009

NCZ029-044>046-079-080-090>094-098-071715-
/O.EXB.KMHX.WI.Y.0001.090107T1400Z-090108T0500Z/
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-GREENE-BEAUFORT-DUPLIN-LENOIR-
JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-ONSLOW-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSTON...ROBERSONVILLE...
GREENVILLE...PLYMOUTH...COLUMBIA...SNOW HILL...HOOKERTON...
WASHINGTON...RIVER ROAD...WALLACE...WARSAW...ROSE HILL...
KENANSVILLE...BEULAVILLE...MAGNOLIA...KINSTON...MAYSVILLE...
POLLOCKSVILLE...NEW BERN...HAVELOCK...ORIENTAL...ALLIANCE...
BAYBORO...ARAPAHOE...MINNESOTT BEACH...VANDEMERE...STONEWALL...
JACKSONVILLE
408 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT.

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING WITH
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH POSSIBLE AS A STRONG COLD FRONT
APPROACHES EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AS
THE FRONT MOVES ACROSS AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH STRONG GUSTS
CONTINUING THIS EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.



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