HIGH WIND WARNING for New York City (Near Hurricane Force)

National Weather Service Upton NY ^ | November 13, 2003

[John H K]

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 1012 AM EST THU NOV 13 2003

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WIND GUSTS TO NEAR HURRICANE FORCE WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT...

A STRONG INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NORTH OF NEW YORK STATE WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST AS A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES BUILDS EAST. THE INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.

THESE HIGH WIND GUSTS...PERSISTING FOR AT LEAST 12 HOURS...WILL DOWN MANY TREES AND POWER LINES ACROSS THE REGION. PLEASE PREPARE FOR WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES DURING THIS TIME.

[John H K]

This NWS office just upped their forecast; interesting to see if they verify, already some debate on weather boards.

If they're correct these are basically similar to the Isabel winds over MD that had hundreds of thousands without power for a week or more...there really wasn't much in the way of actual hurricane force winds over MD/VA from Isabel.

Should be much windier than the similar windstorm the day of the ferry accident/ALCS Game 6.

Of course, there will be similar winds in the entire Northeast.

Saw some neat pics of the Lake Erie blowout; the whole lake basically gets blown from West to East, huge mudflats in the western part of the lake, flooding in Buffalo.

[Mo1]

I winds are pretty back here in the Philly area

[cars for sale]

bump to follow

[hankbrown]

Probably caused by terrorists.

[El Laton Caliente]

I'm in the Hammond / Gary area of North Indiana and the wind here had gusts to 60 mph at the Gary airport last night. The wind is still at 35 - 40 mph now.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Is there an Al Quaeda connection. First the storms in Cali last nite, and now this.../sarc

[areafiftyone]

I left the house at 7:00 a.m. this morning to go to work and walked across the Queensboro bridge into Manhattan. The winds were picking up then and made it real hard to walk. I hate to see what its going to be like when I walk home.

[nutmeg]

No, the high winds are all Pres. Bush's fault of course.

[Sunshine Sister]

We had high wind yesterday in Kansas, but not hurricane type winds!

[AppyPappy]

Women and minorities hit hardest

[hankbrown]

No, the high winds are all Pres. Bush's fault of course.

Yes. If the Senate did not have to waste time with the 30 hour session, these winds would have been controlled by legislation.

[Publius Maximus]

Probably caused by terrorists.

Hmmm. They DID promise something during Ramadan in LA, NY and DC. So far 2 of the 3 have had freak weather. Yesterday's LA hailstorm, today's NY hurricane force winds. I don't know, if I was a middle eastern kook, I'd say Allah was saying something. If a tornado rips through downtown DC in the next day or so, I'd start wondering...

(I'm joking of course...)

[Semper Paratus]

Was Al Gore giving a speech in NYC today?

[OXENinFLA]

Maybe all that HOT AIR being produced in the Senate will off set it.

[alisasny]

My husband just told me that the wind is setting off car alarms in NYC

[Lijahsbubbe]

Now that could be true for women if they're trying to walk in some silly little heels! Just an invention to keep us down.... ;)

[dead]

Should knock the annoying straggling leaves out of my trees, allowing me to rake them up once and for all.

It'll probably knock down a few dead branches too. I've got one right near where I park my car. I've been meaning to pull it down with a rope, but hopefully I won't have to after today. (I moved my car.)

[Lijahsbubbe]

That would be hot air (or stale)

[apackof2]

Same here in Michigan, this morning winds 35-40, it was a brutal walk into work

Saw some neat pics of the Lake Erie blowout

Can you post them or link?

[thoughtomator]

Sigh... I searched and searched but I could not find the pic of Hillary pointing to a map of Hurricane Isabel, which was labeled "Bush's Fault"