High Wind Warning in Washington (December 11, 2014)

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA 1010 AM PST THU DEC 11 2014

WAZ001-503-504-506-507-509>512-515-555-556-558-559-120015- /O.CON.KSEW.HW.W.0012.141212T0000Z-141212T1200Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR- WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-EVERETT AND VICINITY-TACOMA AREA- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA- WESTERN STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS- BELLEVUE AND VICINITY-SEATTLE AND VICINITY-BREMERTON AND VICINITY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRIDAY HARBOR...BELLINGHAM...BLAINE... LYNDEN...OLYMPIA...LACEY...TUMWATER...CENTRALIA...TOLEDO... MOUNT VERNON...ANACORTES...SEDRO-WOOLLEY...BURLINGTON...EVERETT... EDMONDS...LYNNWOOD...MARYSVILLE...ARLINGTON...TACOMA...LAKEWOOD... PUYALLUP...SUMNER...PORT TOWNSEND...PORT LUDLOW...HOODSPORT... BRINNON...MONTESANO...JOYCE...CLALLAM BAY...GOLD BAR...ENUMCLAW... NORTH BEND...BUCKLEY...BELLEVUE...KIRKLAND...REDMOND...ISSAQUAH... SEATTLE...SHORELINE...FEDERAL WAY...KENT...BREMERTON...SILVERDALE 1010 AM PST THU DEC 11 2014

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY...

TACOMA... OLYMPIA...CENTRALIA...EVERETT...WHIDBEY ISLAND... PORT TOWNSEND...AND BELLINGHAM.
 * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS INCLUDE...SEATTLE...BELLEVUE...

HARBOR...THURSTON...PIERCE...AND LEWIS COUNTIES AFTER 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THE REMAINING LOWLANDS INCLUDING PUGET SOUND AND THE NORTH INTERIOR WILL HAVE HIGH WIND GUSTS DEVELOPING AFTER 6 PM THIS EVENING.
 * TIMING...HIGH WINDS ARE LIKELY TO FIRST DEVELOP ACROSS GRAYS

AND PUGET SOUND WILL RAPIDLY RISE TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH THIS EVENING...THEN GRADUALLY EASE LATER IN THE EVENING. AREAS FROM ADMIRALTY INLET NORTHWARD WILL HAVE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH...SLOWLY EASING AFTER MIDNIGHT. STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ALONG SHORLINES AND LOCATIONS EXPOSED TO SOUTHERLY WIND. WINDS WILL DIMINISH ACROSS WESTERN WASHINGTON BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY MORNING.
 * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST INTERIOR

WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR GIVEN THE SATURATED SOILS FROM RECENT HEAVY RAIN. STRONG WINDS COULD IMPACT THE EVENING COMMUTE...ESPECIALLY FROM SEATTLE NORTHWARD.
 * IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG WILL TOPPLE LARGE TREES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS WIND EVENT IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU PLAN TO USE AN ALTERNATE SOURCE OF HEAT OR ELECTRICITY DURING POWER OUTAGES...OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION...OR A FIRE. PORTABLE GENERATORS SHOULD ONLY BE USED OUTDOORS IN A DRY AND WELL VENTILATED AREA. DO NOT USE A BARBECUE GRILL TO HEAT YOUR HOME AS IT CAN LEAD TO CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING AND/OR A FIRE.

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