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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
849 PM CST SUN JAN 20 2013

...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TONIGHT...

.A REINFORCING SHOT OF ARCTIC AIR WILL PUSH INTO THE STATE TONIGHT
ON INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR
30 MPH. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO PLUMMET TO 10 TO 15 BELOW
NORTH TO BETWEEN ZERO AND 5 BELOW ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR
BY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND THE WIND WILL
RESULT IN DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT AND ALL OF MONDAY
MORNING.

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-211100-
/O.CON.KDMX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130121T1800Z/
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...
NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS...
HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY...SAC CITY...
ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...
GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO
849 PM CST SUN JAN 20 2013

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

* WIND AND WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 25
  BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT AND REMAIN AT THESE LEVELS
  FOR ALL OF MONDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE AND POSSIBLY HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
  EXPOSURE TO OUTSIDE ELEMENTS LASTS FOR MORE THAN 15 MINUTES
  WITHOUT PROPER WINTER WEATHER CLOTHING. EVEN A FEW MINUTES IN
  THIS ENVIRONMENT CAN LEAD TO HEALTH COMPLICATIONS SUCH AS
  NUMBNESS AND SEVERE FROSTBITE. THE ELDERLY AND PERSONS WITH PRE
  EXISTING HEALTH PROBLEMS ARE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO EXTREME
  COLD AND ITS DANGEROUS EFFECTS.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS
ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

IAZ044>050-057>062-211100-
/O.CON.KDMX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130121T1800Z/
CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-
DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...
AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL...
DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL
849 PM CST SUN JAN 20 2013

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

* WIND AND WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO 20
  BELOW TO 25 BELOW AFTER MIDNIGHT AND REMAIN AT THESE LEVELS FOR
  ALL OF MONDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE CAN EASILY OCCUR IF YO ARE EXPOSED TO THE
  ELEMENTS FOR MORE THAN 30 MINUTES WITHOUT PROPER WINTER WEATHER
  CLOTHING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WIND 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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