WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 1 PM EST MONDAY
HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM MONDAY TO 4 AM EST TUESDAY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM MONDAY TO 4 AM EST TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* LOCATIONS...CHAUTAUQUA AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY. STRONGEST WINDS TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING WILL BE NEAR THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE.
* TIMING...MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT.
* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD BRING DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. DUE TO THE RECENT MELTING OF THE PAST WEEKS HEAVY SNOW...AN UNFROZEN... SATURATED GROUND WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR SOME TREES TO COME DOWN...ESPECIALLY SHALLOW ROOTED PINES. THESE WINDS WOULD ALSO MAKE DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...HOLIDAY DECORATIONS COULD BE DAMAGED AND OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS TRASH CANS COULD BE BLOWN AWAY. POWER OUTAGES COULD ALSO EXACERBATE FLOODING CONCERNS FOR THOSE WITH FLOODED BASEMENTS AS SUMP PUMPS WOULD NOT WORK WITHOUT AN EMERGENCY...GENERATOR POWER SUPPLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.
