URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
452 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012

…SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE…ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD AND PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ANTICIPATED…

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452 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012

…HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM EDT TUESDAY…

* LOCATIONS…ALL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

* WINDS…INCREASING TO SUSTAINED VALUES OF 30 TO 40 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON…WITH SIMILAR MAGNITUDE WINDS THEN PERSISTING OVERNIGHT…AND ON TUESDAY MORNING. FREQUENT GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED…ESPECIALLY ON THE HILLTOPS. OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE WESTERN CATSKILLS AND THE POCONO PLATEAU…OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

* TIMING…WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON…WITH WINDS LIKELY REACHING THEIR PEAK INTENSITIES FROM LATE IN THE DAY…THROUGH TONIGHT…AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL START TO SUBSIDE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON…BUT ONLY GRADUALLY.

* IMPACTS…WIDESPREAD AND PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES. DUE TO SUBSTANTIAL ANTICIPATED DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES…PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL BE COMMON. MANY ROADS ARE ALSO LIKELY TO BE BLOCKED…CLOSED…OR AT LEAST LITTERED WITH DEBRIS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR…WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 50 MPH OR GREATER. DAMAGE TO TREES…POWER LINES…AND PROPERTY ARE LIKELY WITH WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF TREES BLOCKING ROADS AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. AT HOME…YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO BE WITHOUT POWER FOR SEVERAL DAYS. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ADEQUATE SUPPLIES OF FOOD AND MEDICINE.

PLEASE REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772…OR BY EMAIL AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.

URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
419 AM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012

…DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AND TUESDAY…

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419 AM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012

…HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 5 PM EDT TUESDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 5 PM EDT TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS…ALL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

* WINDS…SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 TO 60 MPH… ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN.

* TIMING…WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS…WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE TREES TO FALL RESULTING IN PROPERTY DAMAGE AND CLOSED ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR…WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 50 MPH OR GREATER. DAMAGE TO TREES…POWER LINES…AND PROPERTY ARE POSSIBLE WITH WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE. BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF TREES BLOCKING ROADS AND WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. AT HOME…YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO BE WITHOUT POWER FOR SEVERAL DAYS. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ADEQUATE SUPPLIES OF FOOD AND MEDICINE.

PLEASE REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT 1-877-633-6772…OR BY EMAIL AT BGM.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.