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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
951 PM CST TUE JAN 3 2017

...PROLONGED COLD SPELL THROUGH THE WEEK...

.COLD AIR CONTINUES TO SPILL INTO IOWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED INTO THE WEEKEND. ALTHOUGH NOT AS EXTREME
AS THE COLD WEATHER THAT OCCURRED IN MID DECEMBER...THESE COLD
TEMPERATURES WILL LAST LONGER WITH LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS
ABOVE AND BELOW ZERO FOR SEVERAL DAYS PRODUCING PERIODIC WIND
CHILLS 20 BELOW OR LESS NORTH. HIGHS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH
10 DEGREES AGAIN UNTIL FRIDAY.

IAZ004>007-015>017-041200-
/O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0001.170104T0600Z-170104T1600Z/
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ESTHERVILLE, ALGONA, FOREST CITY, 
LAKE MILLS, NORTHWOOD, MANLY, EMMETSBURG, GARNER, BRITT, KANAWHA,
MASON CITY, AND CLEAR LAKE
951 PM CST TUE JAN 3 2017

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND BECOME
  LESS GUSTY OVERNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS
  BELOW ZERO. 

* TEMPERATURES/WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO
  DROP TO BETWEEN 20 BELOW AND 25 BELOW OVERNIGHT AND REMAIN IN
  THAT RANGE UNTIL MID MORNING WEDNESDAY. LOWS WEDNESDAY MORNING
  SHOULD BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO. 

* IMPACTS...FROST BITE MAY OCCUR IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS WHEN WIND 
  CHILLS REACH 20 BELOW OR LOWER. 

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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