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2. Storm warning - Wikipedia

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   Storm warning flag (US) At sea, a storm warning is a warning issued by the National Weather Service of the United States when winds between 48 knots (89 km/h, 55 mph) and 63 knots (117 km/h, 73 mph) are occurring or predicted to occur soon.

3. Coastal warning display tower - Wikipedia

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   Through a system of flags, the towers can indicate not only wind-related warnings, but also major aspects of the local daily weather forecast. Warning pennant Warning flag. A single red pennant was shown from the top of the tower as a small craft advisory; for a gale warning, two such pennants were used. Two square flags, red with a black ...

4. Gale warning - Wikipedia

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   Gale warning flags (USA) A gale warning is an alert issued by national weather forecasting agencies around the world in an event that maritime locations currently or imminently experiencing winds of gale force on the Beaufort scale. [1]

5. Small craft advisory - Wikipedia

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   As of 15 February 1989, the National Weather Service retired its Coastal Warning Display network nationwide. [2] For over 100 years, display stations were established at yacht clubs, marinas, and Coast Guard stations to hoist flags, pennants and colored lights to warn mariners of storms at sea. The display stations were individually notified by ...

6. Worsening wind forecast brings new L.A.-area fire risk ... - AOL

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   A red flag warning — indicating critical fire weather conditions and rapid fire spread with any new ignition — could go into effect for wide swaths of the counties of Los Angeles, San Diego ...

7. Flying Pig issues red-flag warning because of heat - AOL

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   In the case of bad weather, flags would be displayed at 19 aid stations along the course, as determined by race officials and the medical director. Fun fact: The highest race-day temperature at ...

8. Flags are flying at half-staff in Idaho. How, why and when ...

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   “The flag should not be subject to weather damage, so it should not be displayed during rain, snow and wind storms unless it is an all-weather flag,” according to the VA. “It should be ...

9. Station model - Wikipedia

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   The flags and pennants point to the low pressure, so it is possible to determine at which hemisphere the station is standing. The barbs in the figure at the right are located at the Northern Hemisphere , because the wind is circling counter clock-wise around a low-pressure area at the Northern Hemisphere (the wind is blowing in the opposite ...