URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE…RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
236 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012
…STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVERNIGHT…
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NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN-SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-
CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-
SOUTHERN WAYNE-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…BOONVILLE…PENN YAN…SENECA FALLS…AUBURN…SYRACUSE…CORNING…HORNELL…WATKINS GLEN…ELMIRA…
ITHACA…ONEIDA…UTICA…ROME…CORTLAND…NORWICH…ONEONTA…COOPERSTOWN…OWEGO…BINGHAMTON…WALTON…DELHI…MONTICELLO…TOWANDA…SAYRE…MONTROSE…TUNKHANNOCK…SCRANTON…WILKES-BARRE…HAZLETON…MILFORD…HONESDALE
236 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012
…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST FRIDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST FRIDAY.
* LOCATIONS…ALL OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
* WINDS…SUSTAINED WINDS FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING…CONTINUING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. GUSTS COULD REACH 40 TO 50 MPH…ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
* TIMING…THE STRONGEST…MOST FREQUENT GUSTS ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR LATER THIS EVENING…AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD…GENERALLY BETWEEN 9 PM AND 4 AM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
WIND ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT GREATER THAN 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES…POWER LINES AND WEAKER STRUCTURES. PERSONS IN THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD SECURE ALL LOOSE OBJECTS. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING THROUGH THE ADVISORY AREA KEEP A FIRM GRIP ON THE WHEEL…ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
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.