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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
337 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014
…POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING COLD THROUGH THIS MORNING…
.AN ARCTIC AIR MASS HAS MOVED INTO THE REGION WITH TEMPERATURES
DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE AREA WITH
LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND 10 BELOW IN THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS. THESE
COLD TEMPERATURES…COMBINED WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH…WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES OF
IAZ087>089-098-099-ILZ017-018-025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-231745-
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140123T1800Z/
JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-BUREAU-PUTNAM-
HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…FAIRFIELD…MOUNT PLEASANT…
BURLINGTON…KEOSAUQUA….FORT MADISON…PRINCETON…HENNEPIN…
OQUAWKA…MONMOUTH…CARTHAGE…MACOMB…MEMPHIS…KAHOKA
337 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY…
* TIMING…UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.
* WIND CHILL READINGS…AS LOW AS 25 BELOW.
* TEMPERATURES…7 BELOW TO 1 ABOVE ZERO.
* WINDS…NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
* IMPACTS…VERY COLD AIR AND MODERATELY STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE
TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS VALUES THAT MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE
AND HYPOTHERMIA IF THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS…RESULTING IN FROST
BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUTDOORS…DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN.
FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.
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NICHOLS
Delivered by Weather Underground Inc. Thu Jan 23 2014 4:38AM EST
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