WIND CHILL WATCH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 1129 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON-VINTON-MEIGS-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-LEWIS-HARRISON-TAYLOR-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... NEW LEXINGTON...CROOKSVILLE...SOMERSET... MCCONNELSVILLE...MALTA...STOCKPORT...ATHENS... MARIETTA...BELPRE...JACKSON...WELLSTON...OAK HILL... MCARTHUR...HAMDEN...PARKERSBURG...VIENNA...ST. MARYS... BELMONT...PADEN CITY...SISTERSVILLE...MIDDLEBOURNE... HARRISVILLE...PENNSBORO...WEST UNION...WESTON... CLARKSBURG...BRIDGEPORT...GRAFTON...BECKLEY... FAYETTEVILLE...MONTGOMERY...SUMMERSVILLE...RICHWOOD... CRAIGSVILLE...COWEN...BUCKHANNON...PHILIPPI...BELINGTON... MARLINTON...ELKINS 1129 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST OHIO. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES. * TIMING...MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. * WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 26 BELOW. * IMPACTS...FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE IF ADEQUATE PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PETS CAN ALSO SUFFER FROM WIND CHILLS THIS COLD. * WINDS...WEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...9 BELOW TO 16 ABOVE ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 04:49:53 +0000