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Wind Advisory issued May 01 at 4:14PM CDT until May 03 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS
Effective: 4:14 p.m. on Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Expires: 8 p.m. on Wednesday, May 1, 2013

...STRONG NORTH WINDS TO PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING. FREEZING
TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT...
.STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL REMAIN FIRMLY IN PLACE TONIGHT BEHIND AN
UNSEASONABLY STOUT COLD FRONT...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS AROUND 30
MPH AND OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. ALTHOUGH IT WILL
REMAIN QUITE BREEZY OVERNIGHT...SPEEDS SHOULD SLIP BELOW ADVISORY
LEVELS BY AROUND SUNSET.
NEAR-FREEZING TO SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THESE TEMPERATURES COULD BE HARMFUL TO
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT
THIS EVENING.
* TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE EVENING...BEFORE
GRADUALLY EASING BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY AROUND SUNSET.
* WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO
AROUND 45 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...THURSDAY NIGHT LOWS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 26 AND 30
DEGREES.
* IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BE PICKED
UP AND BLOWN AROUND. AS A RESULT OF THE COLD TEMPERATURES
FORECAST...SENSITIVE VEGETATION MAY BE HARMED THURSDAY NIGHT.

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