WIND CHILL WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 348 AM MST SUN DEC 06 2009
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY...
A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST TODAY.
EFFECTIVE CHILL TEMPERATURES...A COMBINATION OF THE AMBIENT
TEMPERATURE AND THE WIND SPEED...HAVE BEEN RANGING FROM FIFTEEN
BELOW ZERO TO TWENTY FIVE BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES
WILL CONTINUE TO COOL UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE...SO THAT EVEN
MORE AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE WIND CHILLS OF TWENTY BELOW OR COLDER.
AT THIS TIME...THE MAJOR URBAN AREAS OF EASTERN IDAHO WILL ESCAPE
THE EXTREME COLD. AREAS FROM IDAHO FALLS...THEN SOUTHWARD AND
WESTWARD TO THE TOWN OF BURLEY...WILL NOT REACH THE TWENTY BELOW
ZERO WIND CHILL MARK. THE CITIES OF BLACKFOOT...POCATELLO...AND
AMERICAN FALLS SHOULD NOT EXPERIENCE THE EXTREME COLD EXPECTED
ELSEWHERE IN THE SNAKE RIVER PLAIN AND EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY.
HOWEVER...OUTLYING TOWNS LIKE PICABO...CAREY...ARCO...HOWE...MUD
LAKE...TERRETON...DUBOIS...ISLAND PARK...DRIGGS...MCCAMMON...MALAD
CITY...SODA SPRINGS...MONTPELIER...AND ST CHARLES WILL LIKELY SEE
AT LEAST AN HOUR OR TWO THIS MORNING OF WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES
COLDER THAN TWENTY BELOW ZERO.
EFFECTIVE CHILL TEMPERATURE WILL SIGNIFICANTLY WARM BY 10 AM THIS
MORNING...WITH MOST WIND CHILLS IN THE AFFECTED AREA RISING WELL
ABOVE THE TWENTY BELOW ZERO MARK. NO AREAS SHOULD BE AFFECTED
AFTER NOON TODAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
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MESSICK
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