[SKYWARN RI] URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
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- To: skywarnri@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 12:34:57 EST
Information retrieved Mon Jan 27 12:12:05 EST 2003.
WWUS71 KBOX 271706
NPWBOX
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1204 PM EST MON JAN 27 2003
CTZ002>004-MAZ002>021-RIZ001>007-280056-
BRISTOL RI-EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-
EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN KENT RI-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-
EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-HARTFORD CT-NEWPORT RI-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-
NORTHERN WORCESTER MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-
SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SUFFOLK MA-TOLLAND CT-WASHINGTON RI-
WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-
WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-WESTERN KENT RI-WESTERN MIDDLESEX MA-
WESTERN NORFOLK MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-WINDHAM CT-
1204 PM EST MON JAN 27 2003
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 942 AM EST TUESDAY
MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR
TONIGHT...WHICH INCLUDES NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...ALL OF RHODE ISLAND
AND MASSACHUSETTS...EXCLUDING CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. AN ARCTIC
FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. HIGH TEMPERATURES
TODAY WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...THEN BEGIN TO FALL INTO THE TEENS
AND SINGLE DIGITS THIS AFTERNOON.
A BRISK NORTH WIND WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE INTO
TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL LOWER TO MINUS 5 TO MINUS 15 DEGREES
TODAY. FRIGID TEMPERATURES TONIGHT COMBINED WITH A STIFF NORTH WIND
OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WILL CREATE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN
MINUS 15 AND MINUS 24 DEGREES TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS THIS LOW POSE A
SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM FOR THOSE HAVING TO SPEND EXTENDED PERIODS OF
TIME OUTDOORS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR
THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN PROLONGED COLD TEMPERATURES...
COMBINED WITH SUSTAINED WINDS...ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE BITTER COLD
WIND CHILL VALUES OF -15 TO -24 DEGREES...FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS.
IF VENTURING OUTSIDE...MAKE SURE TO DRESS IN SEVERAL WARM DRY LAYERS.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP YOUR HEAD...HANDS...AND FEET COVERED TO
AVOID FROSTBITE. WITH THESE WIND CHILL VALUES...FROSTBITE MAY OCCUR
IN 20 TO 30 MINUTES ON EXPOSED SKIN.
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