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WWUS41 KRNK 240342
WSWRNK
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1042 PM EST THU JAN 23 2014
…VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS
EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING…
.GUSTY WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES ON THE BACKSIDE OF A DEPARTING
CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE THE TREND OF ANOTHER NIGHT AND MORNING
OF VERY LOW WIND CHILLS. READINGS TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW WILL BE COLDER
THAN THOSE OF WEDNESDAY NIGHT…AND INCLUDE NOT ONLY THE MOUNTAIN
NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>012-015-018>020-WVZ044-045-241200-
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ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-
GRAYSON-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MONROE-GREENBRIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WEST JEFFERSON…SPARTA…BOONE…
TAZEWELL…MARION…BLAND…PEARISBURG…WYTHEVILLE…
INDEPENDENCE…WHITETOP…TROUTDALE…VOLNEY…NEW CASTLE…
CLIFTON FORGE…COVINGTON…HOT SPRINGS…UNION…LEWISBURG…
QUINWOOD…DUO…RAINELLE
1042 PM EST THU JAN 23 2014
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT…
…WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST FRIDAY…
* LOCATIONS…PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA…THE HIGHER
PARTS OF THE NEW RIVER AND MOUNTAIN EMPIRE REGIONS OF
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA…AND THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH
CAROLINA.
* HAZARD TYPES…DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS.
* WIND CHILL READINGS…15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO…LOWEST VALUES
ALONG THE RIDGE TOPS.
* TIMING…COLDEST READINGS BETWEEN 400 AM AND 900 AM FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS…FROSTBITE. EXPOSED SKIN CAN BE SUBJECT TO FROSTBITE
IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
* WINDS…NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES…12 BELOW TO ZERO.
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.
A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS
ARE NOT TAKEN.
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Delivered by Weather Underground Inc. Thu Jan 23 2014 10:42PM EST
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