NWS issues Wind Advisory

Wind Advisory

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
406 AM EST FRI JAN 30 2015

...STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY...

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM
EST SATURDAY.

* LOCATIONS...SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
  SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT.

* HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER
  LINES...AND MAKE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH...
OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.