- High Wind Watch for Richmond (Staten Is.) County, New York
- High Wind Watch issued January 30 at 9:49AM EST until January 30 at 12:00PM EST by NWS
- Effective: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 9:49 a.m.
- Expires: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 6 p.m.
...DENSE FOG FOR INTERIOR THIS MORNING...
...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT...
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...
...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EST THIS EVENING
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...
* LOCATIONS...INLAND SECTIONS NORTH AND WEST OF THE NEW YORK
CITY METROPOLITAN AREA.
* HAZARDS...DENSE FOG THIS MORNING. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TONIGHT.
* VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
* WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.
* TIMING...DENSE FOG THIS MORNING. STRONG WINDS LATE EVENING INTO
THE OVERNIGHT.
* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL THIS MORNING DUE TO REDUCED
VISIBILITY. STRONG WINDS...IN COMBINATION WITH HEAVY RAIN...
COULD BRING DOWN WHOLE TREES...LARGE TREE LIMBS...POWER LINES
AND UNSECURED OUTDOOR OBJECTS. THIS COULD POSE A HAZARD TO
ANYONE OUT DRIVING OR WALKING WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND TO HOUSES
AND OTHER STRUCTURES NEAR LARGER TREES. DRIVING WILL ALSO BE
DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON
ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES.