URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
333 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

NYZ009-036-037-045-056-PAZ039-043-044-047-280745-
/O.EXA.KBGM.HW.A.0001.110828T1200Z-110829T0600Z/
NORTHERN ONEIDA-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CHENANGO-BROOME-
SUSQUEHANNA-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONVILLE...ONEIDA...UTICA...ROME...
NORWICH...BINGHAMTON...MONTROSE...TUNKHANNOCK...SCRANTON...
WILKES-BARRE...HAZLETON
333 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATIONS...ONEIDA...MADISON...CHENANGO...BROOME...SUSQUEHANNA...
  WYOMING...LUZERNE AND LACKAWANNA COUNTIES.

* HAZARDS...COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SATURATED GROUND MAY
  RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...SUNDAY TO SUNDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...IF THESE CONDITIONS DEVELOP...FALLEN TREES WILL
  PRODUCE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE AND/OR GUSTS OF 50 MPH OR MORE.  THESE
STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL...AND COULD
RESULT IN PROPERTY DAMAGE.  IF A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED...
STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  BE PREPARED FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF TREES BLOCKING ROADS AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES.