000 WWUS74 KCRP 031609 NPWCRP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1009 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2006 ...STRONG NORTH WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS DEVELOPING IN ITS WAKE. WINDS ALONG THE COAST ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. WINDS WILL RELAX TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES ACROSS THE REGION. TXZ241>247-040015- /O.NEW.KCRP.WI.Y.0004.060203T2100Z-060204T0100Z/ JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALICE...PREMONT...KINGSVILLE... CORPUS CHRISTI...ROBSTOWN...PORT ARANSAS...PORTLAND...INGLESIDE... ARANSAS PASS...SINTON...MATHIS...ROCKPORT...REFUGIO...WOODSBORO... PORT LAVACA...PORT O'CONNOR...SEADRIFT 1009 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CORPUS CHRISTI HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CST THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...GARBAGE CANS...OR OTHER OBJECTS THAT COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION THIS AFTERNOON AS STRONG WIND COMBINED WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 25 TO 39 MPH. $$ TE