Weather Alerts

Wind Chill Advisory expanded southward in NW Iowa to include Sioux City from Midnight until 9am Friday

/O.EXB.KFSD.WC.Y.0013.140207T0600Z-140207T1500Z/
SIOUX-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-WOODBURY-IDA-DIXON-DAKOTA-GREGORY-JERAULD-
BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-
LINCOLN-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ORANGE CITY…SIOUX CENTER…LE MARS…
CHEROKEE…SIOUX CITY…IDA GROVE…HOLSTEIN…BATTLE CREEK…
WAKEFIELD…PONCA…ALLEN…SOUTH SIOUX CITY…GREGORY…BURKE…
WESSINGTON SPRINGS…ALPENA…CHAMBERLAIN…KIMBALL…
PLANKINTON…WHITE LAKE…STICKNEY…MITCHELL…ALEXANDRIA…
EMERY…WAGNER…PLATTE…LAKE ANDES…MARTY…ARMOUR…CORSICA…
DELMONT…PARKSTON…FREEMAN…MENNO…TRIPP…PARKER…
CENTERVILLE…MARION…VIBORG…HURLEY…CHANCELLOR…CANTON…
LENNOX…TEA…HARRISBURG…TYNDALL…SCOTLAND…SPRINGFIELD…
AVON…TABOR…YANKTON…VERMILLION…NORTH SIOUX CITY…
BERESFORD…ELK POINT…ALCESTER…JEFFERSON
840 PM CST THU FEB 6 2014

…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST FRIDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
CST FRIDAY.

* WINDS…WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AND AVERAGE CLOSE
TO 5 MPH.

* WIND CHILL VALUES…DESPITE THE LIGHT WINDS…COLD AIR
TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW WIND CHILL VALUES TO FALL TO AROUND 20
BELOW TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WIND COMBINES WITH COLD
TEMPERATURES TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED
SKIN. THE WIND WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT IS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
OR COLDER FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS. THOSE PLANNING TO
VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY…MAKING SURE THAT ALL
EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED.

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