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High Wind Warning for Woodinville

Batten down the hatches the winds are expected to blow until 8 p.m. Thursday night.

The National Weather Service issued a High Wind Warning for areas of the Puget Sound including Woodinville. Here is the bulletin from the National Weather Service:

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA

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305 PM PST THU MAR 10 2011

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WAZ504-505-507>509-511-512-110400-

/O.UPG.KSEW.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110311T0500Z/

/O.NEW.KSEW.HW.W.0006.110310T2305Z-110311T0400Z/

SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-EVERETT AND VICINITY-

SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-

LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA-

305 PM PST THU MAR 10 2011

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...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND

WARNING WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PST THIS EVENING. THE WIND

ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

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* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...EVERETT...SEATTLE...TACOMA...

Β  OLYMPIA...NORTH BEND...AND MONTESANO.

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* WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 60 MPH UNTIL THE

Β  EARLY EVENING HOURS. WINDS EASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH AFTER 8 PM AND

Β  TO 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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* IMPACTS...WINDS THIS STRONG CAN CAUSE SOME POWER OUTAGES AS WELL

Β  AS TOPPLE TREES. THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES IS GREATER DUE

Β  TO THE SATURATED SOILS IN THE AREA.

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PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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