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NEWS ARCHIVE
Wind Chill Advisory
(Clinton Area) -- Read the NWS statement on the Wind Chill Advisory for much of the area
Wind Chill Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
345 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2013
...DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS THIS MORNING...
.ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO THROUGH LATE
MORNING.
IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY... TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE... BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO... FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...
GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...
OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH
345 AM CST FRI FEB 1 2013
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
* TIMING...THIS MORNING.
* WIND CHILL READINGS...15 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO.
* TEMPERATURES...ZERO TO 5 BELOW EARLY...RISING TO ABOVE ZERO AFTER 8 AM.
* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH.
* IMPACTS...BITTER COLD WIND CHILL VALUES MAY RESULT IN FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS...RESULTING IN FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST
VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 30 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.
Written 2/1/2013 by Dave Vickers - KROS News
