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Sunday, September 10, 2017

High Wind Watch Issued by National Weather Service
In effect Monday Morning and Monday Night



The National Weather Service has issued a High Wind Watch for our region.
The daily weather briefing can be seen at http://thunderpigblog.blogspot.com/2017/09/wx20170910.html



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The text of the High Wind Watch may be seen below:



URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Greenville-Spartanburg SC
530 AM EDT Sun Sep 10 2017


...STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH IRMA WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE AREA MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...


.A strong pressure gradient between Irma to our west and high pressure to our northeast will create increasingly strong winds and wind gusts Monday into Monday night.


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


The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a High Wind Watch, which is in effect from Monday morning through late Monday night.

* LOCATIONS...Northeast Georgia, the western Upstate of South Carolina, and the southern mountains of North Carolina.

* HAZARDS...Strong winds will combine with increasingly saturated soils to bring down trees and possibly power lines.

* TIMING...Winds will increase Monday morning becoming strong by afternoon. The strong winds will continue into the evening.

* WINDS...Northeast 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

* IMPACTS...Strong winds may blow down limbs, trees, and power lines. Scattered power outages are expected.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A High Wind Watch means there is the potential for a hazardous high wind event. Sustained winds of at least 40 mph... or gusts of 58 mph or stronger may occur. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts.
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