URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1220 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... .A FRIGID AIRMASS MOVING OVER NORTH DAKOTA WILL BRING DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES. THE COLDEST WIND CHILL VALUES OF AROUND 45 BELOW ZERO WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 52...WHICH INCLUDES KENMARE...MINOT... RUGBY...BOTTINEAU...HARVEY...CARRINGTON...AND JAMESTOWN. A WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE AREAS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. IN THESE LOCATIONS...FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN CAN OCCUR IN 5 MINUTES OR LESS. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WHICH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF WILLISTON...DICKINSON... BEULAH...BISMARCK...BOWMAN AND ELLENDALE...WIND CHILL VALUES OF AROUND 30 BELOW ARE EXPECTED. UNDER THESE CONDITIONS FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN WILL OCCUR WITHIN 30 MINUTES. THE COLDEST WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE OVERNIGHT INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. FRIGID WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN THROUGH MONDAY... WITH A POSSIBILITY OF CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY. THOSE WHO MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS APPROPRIATELY FOR THE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THOSE TRAVELING PLANS SHOULD CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT AND ALERT OTHERS OF THEIR TRAVEL PLANS. DIVIDE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH- DICKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...WILLISTON...NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...GARRISON... BEACH...MEDORA...DICKINSON...MANDAN...BISMARCK...STEELE...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES...LINTON...NAPOLEON...EDGELEY...ASHLEY...OAKES 1220 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 /1120 AM MST SAT JAN 3 2015/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY... * WIND CHILL VALUES...AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO. * OTHER IMPACTS...FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA POSSIBLE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND VERY COLD AIR WILL CREATE 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.
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 18:40:38 +0000
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