URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 407 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 WVZ035>040-271715- /O.UPG.KRLX.WC.A.0002.140128T0000Z-140128T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KRLX.WC.Y.0006.140127T2200Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KRLX.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140127T2100Z/ RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BECKLEY...OAK HILL...FAYETTEVILLE... MONTGOMERY...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD...CRAIGSVILLE...COWEN... BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON 407 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...SEVERAL MOUNTAIN COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA. * HAZARD TYPES...STRONG WIND GUSTS. ALSO MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND BLOWING SNOW. FOLLOWED BY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. * WIND...WEST OR NORTHWEST GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...GRADUALLY DECREASING THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WIND GUSTS FROM DAWN INTO MID AFTERNOON. LOWEST WIND CHILL READINGS LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 10 TO 25 BELOW ZERO. * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING THROUGH THE DAY...TO 0 TO 10 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS COULD CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE IF ADEQUATE PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PETS CAN ALSO SUFFER FROM WIND CHILLS THIS COLD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD CAUSE MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE...POWER FLUCTUATIONS OR EVEN OUTAGES...AND PERHAPS BLOCKING OF ROADS FROM LOOSE DEBRIS. CONSTRUCTION SITES ARE VULNERABLE LOCATIONS. SECURE LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS OR BRING THEM INSIDE. 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. OUTDOOR PETS AND LIVESTOCK CAN BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE LOW WIND CHILLS AS WELL. ENSURE THEY HAVE ADEQUATE SHELTER TO GET OUT OF THE WIND...OR BRING THEM INSIDE IF POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 09:23:14 +0000
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