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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1041 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014
…DANGEROUS COLD THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING…
.BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF COLD AIR AND GUSTY WINDS WILL
CREATE DANGEROUS…LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILLS…ESPECIALLY
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. DECREASING WINDS AND GRADUALLY RISING
TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO IMPROVING CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY
IAZ076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-280045-
/O.CON.KDVN.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140128T1800Z/
KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-
LEE-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…SIGOURNEY…WASHINGTON…WAPELLO…
FAIRFIELD…MOUNT PLEASANT…BURLINGTON…KEOSAUQUA….
FORT MADISON…ALEDO…OQUAWKA…MONMOUTH…CARTHAGE…MACOMB…
MEMPHIS…KAHOKA
1041 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY…
* TIMING…THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
* WINDS…NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH…
DIMINISHING TO AROUND 10 MPH OR LESS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* TEMPERATURES…TEMPERATURES IN THE RANGE OF 2 TO 8 ABOVE TODAY.
LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 4 BELOW TO 10 BELOW ZERO.
* WIND CHILL READINGS…AS LOW AS 22 BELOW. THE COLDEST WIND
CHILLS WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING.
* 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. Mon Jan 27 2014 11:41AM EST
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