Wind Chill Warning

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TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT- HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...BRITTON... SISSETON...WEBSTER...CLARK...WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD... CLEAR LAKE 333 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST MONDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY.

STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH THE STRONG WINDS...RESULTING IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED.

DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 30 BELOW ZERO AND 40 BELOW ZERO ARE ALSO EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH THE MORNING MONDAY.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

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 OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.




Stay in doors and stay SAFE!!!!


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