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WWUS43 KDVN 261530
WSWDVN
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
930 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014
…HIGH IMPACT BLOWING SNOW AND LIFE THREATENING COLD THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK…
.VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH IN THE WAKE OF A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON ALONG AND NORTH OF I-80
WITH PERIODS OF WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THE WINDS MAY
IAZ076-087>089-098-099-ILZ025-026-034-035-MOZ009-010-262330-
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0006.140127T0000Z-140127T2100Z/
KEOKUK-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HENDERSON-
WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…SIGOURNEY…FAIRFIELD…
MOUNT PLEASANT…BURLINGTON…KEOSAUQUA….FORT MADISON…
OQUAWKA…MONMOUTH…CARTHAGE…MACOMB…MEMPHIS…KAHOKA
930 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 3 PM CST MONDAY…
* TIMING…SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* WINDS…NORTHWEST FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH
ARE EXPECTED MONDAY EVENING…DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 MPH
MONDAY MORNING.
* TEMPERATURES…FALLING FROM THE TEENS SUNDAY EVENING…TO
BETWEEN ZERO AND 5 ABOVE MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* WIND CHILL READINGS…10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO SUNDAY
EVENING…THEN 20 BELOW TO NEAR 30 BELOW ZERO MONDAY.
* IMPACTS…VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO
GENERATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES THAT MAY RESULT IN
FROSTBITE 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 LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE
CONDITIONS.
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Delivered by Weather Underground Inc. Sun Jan 26 2014 10:30AM EST
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