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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS
231 PM CST WED FEB 5 2014
…BITTER COLD AND LOW WIND CHILLS EXPECTED AGAIN TONIGHT…
KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-061045-
/O.NEW.KICT.WC.Y.0005.140206T0200Z-140206T1600Z/
RUSSELL-LINCOLN-BARTON-ELLSWORTH-SALINE-RICE-MCPHERSON-MARION-
CHASE-RENO-HARVEY-BUTLER-GREENWOOD-WOODSON-ALLEN-KINGMAN-SEDGWICK-
HARPER-SUMNER-COWLEY-ELK-WILSON-NEOSHO-CHAUTAUQUA-MONTGOMERY-
LABETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…RUSSELL…LINCOLN…GREAT BEND…
ELLSWORTH…SALINA…LYONS…MCPHERSON…MARION…
COTTONWOOD FALLS…HUTCHINSON…NEWTON…EL DORADO…AUGUSTA…
EUREKA…YATES CENTER…IOLA…KINGMAN…WICHITA…ANTHONY…
HARPER…WELLINGTON…WINFIELD…ARKANSAS CITY…HOWARD…
FREDONIA…CHANUTE…ERIE…SEDAN…COFFEYVILLE…INDEPENDENCE…
PARSONS
231 PM CST WED FEB 5 2014
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
CST THURSDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST
THURSDAY.
* WIND CHILL VALUES…ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE 15 BELOW TO 18
BELOW ZERO RANGE OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE UNTIL MID-MORNING ON
THURSDAY.
* WINDS…GUSTY FROM THE NORTH ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH TONIGHT.
HOWEVER…EVEN A LIGHT BREEZE COMBINED WITH THE FRIGID AIR
TEMPERATURES WILL STILL RESULT IN VERY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.
* IMPACTS…INCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA
IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. ANYONE OUTSIDE SHOULD DRESS IN
WARM LAYERS OF CLOTHING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS…MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.
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Delivered by Weather Underground Inc. Wed Feb 5 2014 3:32PM EST
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