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WSWMEG
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
207 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014
…DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT…
.ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SPILL INTO THE MIDSOUTH THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE DAY. GUSTY NORTH WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT COMBINED
WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS
BETWEEN ZERO TO 5 BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE NORTHERN MIDSOUTH LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-MOZ113-115-TNZ001-019-048>055-091-092-
240000-
/O.CON.KMEG.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140124T0000Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-
DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-LAKE-DYER-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-
MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-MCNAIRY-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WALNUT RIDGE…PARAGOULD…JONESBORO…
HARRISBURG…BLYTHEVILLE…KENNETT…CARUTHERSVILLE…DYERSBURG…
COVINGTON…BROWNSVILLE…JACKSON…LEXINGTON…SAVANNAH
207 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING…
* WIND CHILL READINGS…WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN
ZERO AND 10 BELOW ZERO.
* TIMING…DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR
THROUGH 6 PM CST TODAY.
* IMPACTS…UNPROTECTED SKIN COULD BE FROSTBITTEN WITH PROLONGED
EXPOSURE TO COLD WIND CHILLS…AND HYPOTHERMIA.
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
FROST BITE 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. Thu Jan 23 2014 3:07PM EST
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