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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
349 PM EST THU JAN 23 2014
…VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS
EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING…
.GUSTY WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES ON THE BACKSIDE OF A
DEPARTING CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE THE TREND OF ANOTHER NIGHT
AND MORNING OF VERY LOW WIND CHILLS. READINGS TONIGHT INTO
TOMORROW WILL BE COLDER THAN THOSE OF WEDNESDAY NIGHT…AND COVER
NCZ001-002-018-VAZ007-009>012-015-018>020-WVZ044-045-240500-
/O.NEW.KRNK.WC.W.0002.140124T0500Z-140124T1700Z/
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ASHE-ALLEGHANY NC-WATAUGA-TAZEWELL-SMYTH-BLAND-GILES-WYTHE-
GRAYSON-CRAIG-ALLEGHANY VA-BATH-MONROE-GREENBRIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WEST JEFFERSON…SPARTA…BOONE…
TAZEWELL…MARION…BLAND…PEARISBURG…WYTHEVILLE…
INDEPENDENCE…WHITETOP…TROUTDALE…VOLNEY…NEW CASTLE…
CLIFTON FORGE…COVINGTON…HOT SPRINGS…UNION…LEWISBURG…
QUINWOOD…DUO…RAINELLE
349 PM EST THU JAN 23 2014
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT…
…WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST
FRIDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON
EST FRIDAY.
* LOCATIONS…PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA…THE HIGHER PARTS
OF THE NEW RIVER AND MOUNTAIN EMPIRE REGIONS OF SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA…AND THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA.
* HAZARD TYPES…DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS.
* WIND CHILL READINGS…15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO…LOWEST VALUES ALONG
THE RIDGE TOPS.
* TIMING…COLDEST READINGS BETWEEN 400 AM AND 900 AM FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS…FROSTBITE. EXPOSED SKIN CAN BE SUBJECT TO FROSTBITE
IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
* WINDS…NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES…2 BELOW TO 21 ABOVE ZERO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG 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.
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 IF PRECAUTIONS
ARE NOT TAKEN.
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NCZ003-004-019-020-VAZ022>024-032>035-045-240500-
/O.EXB.KRNK.WC.Y.0005.140124T0500Z-140124T1700Z/
SURRY-STOKES-WILKES-YADKIN-ROANOKE-BOTETOURT-ROCKBRIDGE-PATRICK-
FRANKLIN-BEDFORD-AMHERST-CAMPBELL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…DOBSON…DANBURY…WILKESBORO…
YADKINVILLE…ROANOKE…SALEM…FINCASTLE…LEXINGTON…
BUENA VISTA…STUART…ROCKY MOUNT…BEDFORD…AMHERST…
LYNCHBURG
349 PM EST THU JAN 23 2014
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON
EST FRIDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON
EST FRIDAY.
* LOCATIONS…INTERSTATE I-81 CORRIDOR AROUND AND NORTH OF ROANOKE
VIRGINIA…WESTERN PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA…NORTH CAROLINA
FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN PIEDMONT.
* HAZARD TYPES…DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS.
* WIND CHILL READINGS…ZERO TO TEN BELOW ZERO.
* TIMING…COLDEST READINGS BETWEEN 400 AM AND 900 AM FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS…FROSTBITE. EXPOSED SKIN CAN BE SUBJECT TO FROSTBITE
IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
* WINDS…NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES…5 TO 19 ABOVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG 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.
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Delivered by Weather Underground Inc. Thu Jan 23 2014 3:49PM EST
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