Wind Chill Warning 022614
WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST THURSDAY FOR DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING.
THE COMBINATION OF THE ARCTIC AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE
WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY LATE
THURSDAY MORNING OR EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
AREAS IMPACTED INCLUDE
KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ITASCA-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-
NORTHERN AITKIN-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INTERNATIONAL FALLS...BIGFORK...
WALKER...GRAND RAPIDS...HILL CITY...DULUTH...CLOQUET
* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING...
THEN 35 TO 45 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT. CONDITIONS
WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING...GRADUALLY
SUBSIDING LATE THIS EVENING...BECOMING 10 TO 20 MPH AROUND
MIDNIGHT. GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING. THERE COULD BE STRAY GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
* FROSTBITE TIME...FROSTBITE COULD OCCUR IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES
ON ANY EXPOSED SKIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL
RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.