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... HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY...

SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH OVERNIGHT... WITH HIGHER GUST TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HILLTOPS. ON WEDNESDAY... WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE... POTENTIALLY REACHING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH... WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. THE HIGH TERRAIN WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE STRONG WINDS. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE AND/OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE LASTING AT LEAST ONE HOUR ARE LIKELY. THESE STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL... AS WELL AS PROPERTY DAMAGE....