WIND CHILL WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 453 PM MST SAT DEC 05 2009
WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
11 AM MST MONDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST MONDAY.
* IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS HAVE TAPERED OFF HOWEVER
STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE STILL EXPECTED TONIGHT
THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY.
* WIND CHILL VALUES: 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...
THEN 20 TO 40 BELOW SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY.
* WIND SPEEDS: 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS DEVELOPING TONIGHT
AND CONTINUING SUNDAY NIGHT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE-HALF MILE WITH INITIAL FRONTAL PASSAGE
TONIGHT.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY
83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE.
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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