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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1132 PM MDT FRI AUG 15 2008

...STRONG EAST WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH GAPS IN THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAIN CHAIN INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...

.A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH OUTFLOW WINDS FROM
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ON THE EASTERN PLAINS TO PUSH THROUGH THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WITH STRONG EAST WINDS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY
MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL FAVOR THE WEST SLOPES OF THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN TO THE RIO GRANDE.

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UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESPANOLA...ALBUQUERQUE...SOCORRO
1132 PM MDT FRI AUG 15 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT SATURDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT SATURDAY.

EXPECT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND
45 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. STRONG CROSSWINDS
WILL IMPACT MOTORISTS ON NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED ROADWAYS...SUCH
AS INTERSTATE 25 FROM SANTA FE SOUTHWARD THROUGH TO SOCORRO.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND
ADVISORY AREA. SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL
OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSS WINDS.

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