HIGH WIND WATCH

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD CA
255 AM PST FRI MAR 12 2010

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KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEASTERN KERN COUNTY DESERT-
255 AM PST FRI MAR 12 2010

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HANFORD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING FOR THE KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHEASTERN KERN
COUNTY DESERT.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
INTERIOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. BEHIND THE FRONT...GUSTY
WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

* WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 45
  MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 65 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE
  FROM BELOW THE TEHACHAPI PASS SOUTH TO AROUND MOJAVE.

* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MIDDAY SATURDAY AND CONTINUE
  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING BY LATE SATURDAY
  EVENING.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TEHACHAPI...LAKE ISABELLA...ROSAMOND...
  CALIFORNIA CITY...EDWARDS AFB...MOJAVE.

* IMPACTS: GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT
  TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MAJOR ROADS THAT
  WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE WINDS INCLUDE INTERSTATE 5 AND HIGHWAYS
  14...58 AND 178. IN ADDITION...THE WINDS MAY CREATE AREAS OF
  BLOWING DUST AND SAND WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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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