URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
624 PM EST SUN FEB 15 2015
IMPACTS: WIND CHILLS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY CAUSE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED
SKIN IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES.
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST MONDAY...
LOCATIONS: ALL OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND
HAZARD TYPES: DANGEROUS TO LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILLS THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING.
WIND CHILL: 25 TO 50 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.
IMPACTS: DANGEROUS TO LIFE THREATENING LOW WIND CHILLS COULD RESULT IN HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
TIMING: WIND CHILLS WILL BE DANGEROUSLY COLD THROUGH MID DAY MONDAY.
WINDS: NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
TEMPERATURES: DROPPING TO AROUND 25 BELOW ZERO OVER THE ADIRONDACKS
TONIGHT AND 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ELSEWHERE.
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.
http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=btv&wwa=wind%20chill%20warning
