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NWS: Wind Chill ADVISORY

NWS logoURGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

...WINTER STORM CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...

ATCHISON KS-DONIPHAN-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-
BUCHANAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATCHISON...TROY...SAVANNAH...CAMERON...
GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...GREEN CITY...
KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH
243 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM
CST MONDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 9 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

* TIMING...COLD TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL ALLOW ANY MODEST WIND TO
  GENERATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

* WIND CHILL...VALUES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 15 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...WIND CHILLS THIS LOW CAN CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN
  IN AS LITTLE AS 15 TO 20 MINUTES. THOSE OUTDOORS WITHOUT SUFFICIENT
  PROTECTION WILL RUN A HIGH RISK OF FROSTBITE OR 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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