Updated: Tue, 06-Jan-2009 10:22pm PST
NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...
SPRUCE PINE...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...
GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...LENOIR...MORGANTON...
MARION...LAKE LURE...RUTHERFORD...COLUMBUS
514 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT.

SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND
NORTHEAST GEORGIA LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED. A WET TOP SOIL...COMBINED WITH THE GUSTY WINDS WILL
LIKELY CAUSE A FEW TREES TO BECOME UPROOTED...LEADING TO SOME
POWER OUTAGES.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

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ARK
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Short Term Forecast - Alexander (North Carolina)

Updated: Tue, 06-Jan-2009 10:22pm PST
STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...HICKORY...
SALISBURY...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...
CONCORD...MONROE...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...UNION...CHESTER
422 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009

.NOW...
ISOLATED LIGHT SHOWERS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE PIEDMONT OF
THE WESTERN CAROLINAS THROUGH THIS MORNING. A STRONG LINE OF SHOWERS
WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE INTO CHEROKEE AND UNION COUNTIES OF SOUTH
CAROLINA BY 430 AM EDT AND CONTINUE TRACKING NORTHEAST.
ADDITIONALLY...FAIRLY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE MORNING HOURS.

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KRENTZ
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