High Wind Watch
WWUS73 KGRR 100839
NPWGRR
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
339 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2009
...HIGH WIND WATCH LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING...
.A VERY STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE
SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. AS THE CENTER OF THE
STORM MOVES NORTHEAST TOWARD SOUTHERN ONTARIO LATE WEDNESDAY
EVENING VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL RETURN THE COLD AIR TO
SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN. WINDS MAY GUST OVER 60 MPH AT TIMES FROM
WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THE MID MORNING HOURS OF THURSDAY. THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM HOLLAND TO LANSING.
MIZ050-056>059-064>067-071>074-101645-
/O.NEW.KGRR.HW.A.0001.090211T2300Z-090212T1200Z/
MUSKEGON-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-
VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUSKEGON...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...
IONIA...ST. JOHNS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...
SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON
339 AM EST TUE FEB 10 2009
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.
WINDS SHOULD INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH
BY MID EVENING WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE MID MORNING HOURS
OF THURSDAY.
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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WDM