WIND CHILL ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 327 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
CST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST
THURSDAY.
* NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES OF 5
BELOW TO 10 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING TO PRODUCE
WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. THIS WILL CAUSE
FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN 10 TO 15 MINUTES ACROSS THE
BORDERLAND...AND THE LEECH LAKE AND LAKE WINNIE AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC
AIR AND BRISK WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL
VALUES. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...BE SURE TO COVER ALL
EXPOSED FLESH AS ANY EXPOSED FLESH CAN FREEZE IN 15 TO 25 MINUTES
WITH WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW. THIS MAY RESULT
IN FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
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STEWART
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