URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 136 PM EST MON JAN 27 2014
...OCCASIONAL SNOW... BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... AND BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES...
.AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON CAUSING BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES... LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS... AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN DECREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AS A RESULT...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR AREAS OUTSIDE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS. STEADY OR SLOWLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL KEEP WIND CHILLS BITTERLY COLD THIS AFTERNOON...AND SUBSEQUENTLY FALLING TO BETWEEN 25 BELOW AND 35 BELOW TONIGHT. A VERY SLOW IMPROVEMENT CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
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...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST /11 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* WIND CHILLS WILL BE 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO THIS AFTERNOON... FALLING TO 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW BY THIS EVENING. THESE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY... WITH SLOW IMPROVEMENT TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
IMPACTS...
* DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE IMMINENT TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FROSTBITE OF EXPOSED SKIN CAN OCCUR IN A MATTER OF MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IS POSSIBLE WITH PROLONGED EXPOSURE OR FOR THOSE NOT PROPERLY DRESSED FOR THE COLD.
* TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO PREVIOUSLY DRIFTED SNOW ACROSS MANY ROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. USE CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. SOME ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW.
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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.
