WIND CHILL ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 355 AM CST FRI JAN 01 2010
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.
* WIND CHILL VALUES FROM 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED THIS
MORNING ACROSS MOST OF NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND ALL OF
NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. TEMPERATURES OF 15 BELOW ZERO TO NEAR 35
BELOW ZERO WILL COMBINE WITH NORTHWEST WINDS 3 TO 10 MPH TO
CREATE THE LOW WIND CHILLS. COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR OVER
FAR NORTHERN MINNESOTA.
* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR ON EXPOSED FLESH IN 15 TO 25 MINUTES.
* IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...BE SURE TO COVER ALL EXPOSED
FLESH.
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. THIS MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
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BERDES
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