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The high will be 32 degrees, wind gusts could go as high as 28 miles per hour and there is a slight chance of snow showers, according to an NWS forecast. Here is the weather for this weekend and beyond,
A flood advisory was issued by the NWS Hanford CA on Sunday at 2:47 p.m. in effect until 5:45 p.m. for Kern County.
Lives are being put in danger,” one meteorologist warned, as some experts feared the cuts will harm public safety.
The warning was for Inland Pender, Coastal Pender, Inland New Hanover, Coastal New Hanover, Inland Brunswick and Coastal Brunswick as well as Robeson, Bladen and Columbus counties.
The NWS Blacksburg VA issued a fire weather watch at 1:56 p.m. on Friday in effect until Saturday at 8 p.m. The watch is for Ashe, Alleghany, Surry, Stokes, Rockingham, Caswell, Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin counties.
On Thursday at 8:36 a.m. a wind advisory was issued by the NWS Hanford CA in effect until 10 p.m. The advisory is for Tehachapi, Grapevine, Frazier Mountain Communities and Mojave Desert Slopes.
A high wind watch was issued by the National Weather Service on Sunday at 1:50 p.m. valid from Tuesday noon until Wednesday noon. The watch is for Atchison, Miami, Doniphan, Leavenworth, Wyandotte, Johnson,
On Sunday at noon a winter weather advisory was issued by the NWS San Diego CA in effect until Monday at noon for San Diego County Mountains.