HIGH WIND WARNING for New York City (Near Hurricane Force)

National Weather Service Upton NY ^ | November 13, 2003

[John H K]

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 1012 AM EST THU NOV 13 2003

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND GUSTS TO NEAR HURRICANE FORCE WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT...

A STRONG INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NORTH OF NEW YORK STATE WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST AS A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES BUILDS EAST. THE INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.

THESE HIGH WIND GUSTS...PERSISTING FOR AT LEAST 12 HOURS...WILL DOWN MANY TREES AND POWER LINES ACROSS THE REGION. PLEASE PREPARE FOR WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES DURING THIS TIME.

[Brad’s Gramma]

OK. A wolf fritters drive thru. ONLY if you can say that three times, fast.

[LikeLight]

What's the word on your weather in Western NY tomorrow afternoon, early evening? Travel plans in that area.

[Conservative4Ever]

Talked with daughter in Ohio this AM....high winds there too.

Red

[glock rocks]

and as Mo1 told us this morning in post #2...

"I winds are pretty back here in the Philly area"

I'm not quite sure what it means, but it doesn't sound good.

[JustPiper]

We sent it from ChiTown...linked it on anothe rpost for you in NY,DC,LA