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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE

...PERIODS OF GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANTA BARBARA...MONTECITO...CARPINTERIA...SAN MARCOS PASS...SAN RAFAEL WILDERNESS AREA...
DICK SMITH WILDERNESS AREA
448 AM PDT MON MAY 27 2013

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT WEDNESDAY.

* WINDS AND TIMING...THROUGH AND BELOW PASSES AND
CANYONS...NORTHERLY WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL THEN INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 65 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE WINDS WILL LAST THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A TEMPORARY LULL IN THE
WINDS FROM DAWN TO EARLY AFTERNOON TUESDAY.

* IMPACTS...BE ALERT FOR FLYING DEBRIS. IF ON THE ROAD THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR FALLEN TREES AND DOWNED POWER LINES AND DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS FOR DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND THOSE PULLING TRAILERS.

DEFINITIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH (35 MPH ACROSS THE COAST) OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED AND A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

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