URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
515 PM EST TUE DEC 14 2010
WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY.
EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-PAGE-
WARREN-NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-
EASTERN HIGHLAND-HARDY-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-
EASTERN PENDLETON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…FROSTBURG…STAUNTON…WAYNESBORO…
HARRISONBURG…FRONT ROYAL…CHARLOTTESVILLE…WASHINGTON…
MONTEREY…MOOREFIELD…PETERSBURG…ELK GARDEN…FRANKLIN
515 PM EST TUE DEC 14 2010
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY.
* WIND CHILL VALUES…FIVE TO TEN DEGREES BELOW ZERO…PRIMARILY
ALONG RIDGELINES AND AT HIGH ELEVATIONS.
* TEMPERATURES…MINIMA IN THE SINGLE DIGITS.
* WINDS…NORTHWESTERLY 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH
ALONG RIDGELINES AND AT HIGH ELEVATIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
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