Wind Chill Advisory
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
345 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM UNTIL 9 AM TUESDAY
MORNING…
.VERY COLD AIR HAS MOVED INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING.
STRONG WINDS ARE ACCOMPANYING THIS SURGE OF COLD AIR CAUSING THE SINGLE
DIGIT AIR TEMPERATURES TO FEEL LIKE IT IS MINUS 15 TO MINUS 20
DEGREES.
DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-GENTRY-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…TROY…TARKIO…MARYVILLE…ALBANY…
STANBERRY…MOUND CITY…OREGON…SAVANNAH…CAMERON…GALLATIN…
JAMESPORT…ST. JOSEPH…PLATTSBURG…HAMILTON…POLO…
CHILLICOTHE
345 AM CST TUE JAN 21 2014
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST
THIS MORNING.
* TIMING…CURRENT TEMPERATURES TO BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS…AND
NORTH WIND 20 TO 30 MPH HAVE DROPPED WIND CHILLS BELOW MINUS 15
DEGREES. BY 9AM TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE…WHILE WINDS
DECREASE CAUSING WIND CHILL CONCERNS TO DIMINISH BY MID MORNING.
* WIND CHILLS…RANGING BETWEEN MINUS 15 AND MINUS 20 DEGREES THOUGH
MID MORNING.
* WINDS… NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH BY THROUGH MID MORNING.
* IMPACTS…ANYTHING LIVING LEFT OUTSIDE WILL BE EXPOSED TO
EXTREMELY COLD AND DANGEROUS TEMPERATURES. FROST BITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE IF SKIN IS EXPOSED TO THESE
TEMPERATURES FOR EVEN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
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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