@squinney,
squinney wrote:
Interesting. I don't think we have just wind storms here. High winds are part of a tornado, or hurricane, or are accompanied by rain / perhaps snow, or are maybe described as high winds, gusty or blustery. But, I don't think I've ever heard it reported that we are having a windstorm.
Yes but you live on the east coast. Out here on the high desert and/or the West Texas Panhandle and High Plains areas, high wind warnings are normal and frequent, especially in the spring, but can occur any time and can last for hours or occasionally more than a day. Sustained 70+ mile per hour winds would shut down the airport here too but that is fairly uncommon.
The warning prompts us to take down the outdoor table umbrella and other stuff that can get blown about; high profile vehicles find someplace to park to ride it out, boats head for the marinas, small planes are tied down, and the farmers start turning the soil in the fields so it won't blow so bad.