WIND CHILL ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 334 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
CST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM CST THURSDAY.
* WIND CHILL VALUES: WIND CHILLS WILL DROP INTO THE 20 TO 25 BELOW
RANGE BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND HOLD IN THAT RANGE THROUGH
MID MORNING ON THURSDAY. DESPITE WIND SPEEDS DIMINISHING TO
AROUND 10 MPH THIS EVENING...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW ZERO
AS WELL.
* IMPACTS: 20 BELOW AND COLDER WIND CHILLS CAN LEAD TO
HYPOTHERMIA...AND FROST BITE ON EXPOSED SKIN. THE COLDEST WIND
CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING RUSH HOUR FOR SCHOOL
AND WORK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND THE WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.
$$
|
|
|
