URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
234 AM PDT MON APR 30 2012
...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
.A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE REGION LATER TODAY AND
TONIGHT. THE STORM WILL GENERATE GUSTY WINDS ACROSS PARTS OF THE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING.
* WINDS: WEST-SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.
* TIMING: MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE
* IMPACTS: WINDS WILL MAKE CONTROLLING HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES
DIFFICULT...PARTICULARLY FOR NORTH-SOUTH HIGHWAYS SUCH AS U.S.
HIGHWAY 93 AND NEVADA STATE HIGHWAY 225.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.
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RCM
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