URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
409 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011
NYZ009-018-036-037-044-045-055-056-PAZ038-039-043-044-047-290000-
/O.EXT.KBGM.WI.Y.0008.110828T0809Z-110829T0000Z/
NORTHERN ONEIDA-ONONDAGA-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-
CHENANGO-TIOGA-BROOME-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-
LUZERNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOONVILLE...SYRACUSE...ONEIDA...UTICA...
ROME...CORTLAND...NORWICH...OWEGO...BINGHAMTON...TOWANDA...
SAYRE...MONTROSE...TUNKHANNOCK...SCRANTON...WILKES-BARRE...
HAZLETON
409 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011
...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
* LOCATIONS...ONEIDA... MADISON... CHENANGO... AND BROOME
COUNTIES IN CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SUSQUEHANNA... WYOMING...
LACKAWANNA AND LUZERNE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
* HAZARDS...COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SATURATED GROUND
WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES.
* WINDS...NORTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
* TIMING...TODAY INTO THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN DOWNED TREES WITH
SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND POSSIBLY PROPERTY DAMAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WIND ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS 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.