North Texas, hold on to your hats!

[TexasStooge]

WIND ADVISORY

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
412 AM CST TUE DEC 9 2003

. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO NORTH TEXAS LATER TODAY...AS A
VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST ACROSS THE RED RIVER
VALLEY INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONG
PRESSURE GRADIENT BOTH AHEAD AND BEHIND THE POLAR COLD
FRONT...COMBINED WITH MIXING OF STRONG WINDS ALOFT DOWN TO THE
SURFACE...WILL RESULT IN GUSTY SOUTH AND WEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE COLD
FRONT TODAY...WITH EVEN STRONGER NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT BY TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-091700-
ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA-
DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON-
HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS-
LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO-
PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT-
WISE-YOUNG-

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH TONIGHT...

LOOK FOR GUSTY SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS MORNING OF 20 TO 30 MPH
AND GUSTY...TO SHIFT WEST...THEN NORTHWEST BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...RESULTING IN NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH SOME
GUSTS TO 45 MPH...AS A STRONG POLAR COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH NORTH
TEXAS.

TAKE ACTION TO SECURE TRASH CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND OTHER LOOSE
OR LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS...AS THEY CAN BE EASILY BLOWN ABOUT BY
THE WIND.

MOTORISTS DRIVING ON AREA ROADWAYS...AND BOATERS ON AREA LAKES ACROSS
NORTH TEXAS...SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION THROUGH TONIGHT. BE
ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE
CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE OR BOAT.

[JCT777]

Definitely watch those trash cans and recycle bins. My recycle bin blew a few hundred yards down the street during a wind storm about 3 weeks ago. It took my wife and I a while to find it in the dark.