URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
…BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING AND AGAIN THURSDAY
MORNING…
DONIPHAN-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-
CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…TROY…MOUND CITY…OREGON…SAVANNAH…
CAMERON…GALLATIN…JAMESPORT…TRENTON…ST. JOSEPH…
PLATTSBURG…HAMILTON…POLO…CHILLICOTHE
408 AM CST WED FEB 18 2015
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST
THIS MORNING.
* TIMING…THE COLDEST WIND CHILL READINGS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN
5 AM AND 10 AM CST.
* WIND CHILLS…AS LOW AS 15 BELOW ZERO.
* WINDS…NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 15 TO 20 MPH.
* IMPACTS…FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA MAY OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS
ARE NOT TAKEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR COMBINING WITH WINDS
WILL 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.