- Extreme wind warning
In
National Weather Service (NWS) terminology, an extreme wind warning is a warning issued when a landfalling hurricane is expected to bring winds of 100 knots (115 mph, 185 km/h, 51 m/s) to a specific location. The warning is issued just prior to when the strongest winds of theeyewall are expected to impact an area.cite web |url=http://products.weather.gov/PDD/EWW.pdf |title=Product Description Document: Extreme Wind Warning (EWW) |accessdate=2007-10-04 |author=National Weather Service]The warning is to be issued for the smallest area possible, and be valid for times of two hours or less. It was developed in response to confusion resulting from the landfall of
Hurricane Katrina . NWS offices in Jackson and New Orleans/Baton Rouge issued 11tornado warning s for areas that would not experience an actualtornado , but would experience extreme wind speeds commonly associated with tornadoes.cite web |url=http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.weather.gov%2Fos%2Fassessments%2Fpdfs%2FKatrina.pdf&ei=sEIFR-TfJZqeiwGbq5GuBQ&usg=AFQjCNFSf_pugb4ZZXHTNnFszy51q9_iaw&sig2=8irVO9YDUFLyppY-_WZ_lQ |title=Service Assessment. Hurricane Katrina: August 23-31, 2005 |accessdate=2007-10-04 |author=U.S. Department of Commerce] The extreme wind warning is now expected to be used in these situations.ee also
Severe weather terminology (United States) References
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