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Wind Advisory for Miss. Save Email Print
Posted: 5:47 PM Aug 31, 2008
Last Updated: 5:47 PM Aug 31, 2008

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...WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI...SECTIONS
OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

The following counties in Mississippi, Louisiana are included in the wind advisory:
ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-BOLIVAR-
SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-
CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-
NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-
SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-JASPER-CLARKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG...
WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...BASTROP...
OAK GROVE...EPPS...LAKE PROVIDENCE...CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...
RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GRENADA...VAIDEN...NORTH CARROLLTON...
CARROLLTON...WINONA...EUPORA...MABEN...MATHISTON...WEST POINT...
COLUMBUS...ACKERMAN...WEIR...STARKVILLE...GREENVILLE...BELZONI...
ISOLA...DURANT...TCHULA...LEXINGTON...PICKENS...GOODMAN...
KOSCIUSKO...LOUISVILLE...MACON...BROOKSVILLE...MAYERSVILLE...
ROLLING FORK...ANGUILLA...YAZOO CITY...RIDGELAND...MADISON...
CANTON...CARTHAGE...PHILADELPHIA...PEARL RIVER...DE KALB...
SCOOBA...FOREST...MORTON...NEWTON...UNION...DECATUR...CONEHATTA...
MERIDIAN...BAY SPRINGS...HEIDELBERG...QUITMAN...STONEWALL...
SHUBUTA
539 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 1 PM CDT
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MONDAY TO 1 PM CDT
TUESDAY FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM BASTROP TO CANTON TO
BAY SPRINGS TO QUITMAN.

STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP INLAND AS GUSTAV APPROACHES THE COAST. THE
TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH WIND GUSTS FROM 35 TO 45 MPH.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR OCCASIONALLY BRING DOWN
LARGE LIMBS AND ROTTED TREES CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY AND PROPERTY
DAMAGE. EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS DURING THESE STRONG WINDS.

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