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WIND CHILL ADVISORY until Monday morning

Weather

January 17th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

AREA COUNTIES: CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR AND RINGGOLD-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE- DALLAS

1206 PM CST SUN JAN 17 2016 …

WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST MONDAY…

MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE COUNTIES: WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 8-A.M., MONDAY.

*WINDS…NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES…AIR TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE AND BELOW ZERO WITH WIND CHILLS OF AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS…FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR TO EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 30 MINUTES OR LESS.

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.