WIND CHILL WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 701 PM MST MON DEC 14 2009
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY.
* WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF JUDITH BASIN
AND FERGUS COUNTIES THIS EVENING AS SOUTHERLY FLOW INCREASES
THROUGH JUDITH GAP.
* WIND CHILL VALUES OF 35 BELOW ZERO TO 55 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE: STANFORD...LEWISTOWN...LEWISTOWN
DIVIDE...HOBSON...AND U.S. 191 BETWEEN JUDITH GAP AND EDDIES
CORNER.
* GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
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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