hurricane force wind warning

Example of a hurricane force wind warning:

In addition, the quality controlled data are used by OPC forecasters to determine if gale, storm, or hurricane force wind warnings are warranted.

By February 8, storm warnings and hurricane force wind warnings were in effect for the New England and Mid Atlantic waters, in addition to coastal flood warnings.

The Newfoundland and Maritimes Weather Center issued a storm warning for Newfoundland, while the Canadian Hurricane Centre issued a hurricane force wind warning.

Between December 15 - 18 as the system approached and passed through the archipelago, RSMC Nadi issued various strong, gale, storm and hurricane force wind warnings for Fiji.

The Canadian Hurricane Center issued hurricane force wind warnings for waters to the southwest of the Maritimes and gale warnings for waters elsewhere off of southeastern Canada.

Appropriate wind warnings are issued by Environment Canada's Meteorological Service of Canada: strong wind warning, gale (force wind) warning, storm (force wind) warning and hurricane force wind warning.

THE HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A Hurricane Force Wind warning is a warning issued by the National Weather Service of the United States when sustained winds or frequent gusts of 64 knots (118 km/h, 74 mph) or greater are either being observed or are predicted to occur.

If a storm becomes extratropical or degenerates into a wave or low but retains winds of at least tropical storm force, a high wind warning would be issued for inland areas and a gale warning, storm warning or hurricane force wind warning would be issued for marine areas.

In US maritime Warning Flag systems, a red square flag with a black square taking up the middle ninth of the flag is used to indicate a Storm Warning (The use of two such flag denotes a Hurricane force wind warning or a Hurricane Warning).

Beginning June 1, 2007, U.S. Coast Guard formally re-established a Coastal Warning Display program at selected small boat stations which will hoist display flags to warn of small craft advisories, gale warnings, tropical storm warnings, storm warnings, hurricane warnings, and hurricane force wind warnings.