NWS Issues High Wind Watch for our area

High Wind Watch

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
416 AM EST MON DEC 8 2014

...NOR`EASTER TO BRING POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ON TUESDAY...

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SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-
BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-
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416 AM EST MON DEC 8 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY...COASTAL CONNECTICUT...SOUTHERN
  WESTCHESTER...AND LONG ISLAND.

* HAZARDS...HIGH WINDS.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 55 TO 60 MPH.

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FROM LATE MORNING INTO MID
  AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...DOWNED TREE LIMBS...SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES...AND
  MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE.

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.