URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
404 AM EST FRI FEB 12 2016
…DANGEROUSLY COLD WINDCHILLS THIS WEEKEND…
…WIND CHILL WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING…
* LOCATIONS…COASTAL CONNECTICUT…AND WESTERN BERGEN COUNTY.
* HAZARD TYPES…DANGEROUS TO POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING
WINDCHILLS.
* TIMING…COLDEST WIND CHILLS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING.
* WIND CHILL…AS LOW AS AROUND 25 BELOW ZERO DUE TO TEMPERATURES
0 TO 5 BELOW ZERO…AND WINDS NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS
UP TO 40 MPH.
* IMPACTS…THE FRIGID CONDITIONS WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO
THOSE VENTURING OUTSIDE. PROLONGED EXPOSURE WILL CAUSE
FROSTBITE. THE COMBINATION OF VERY LOW WIND CHILLS AND FRIGID
AIR TEMPERATURES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN FROZEN PIPES…
FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THE THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A
COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO CREATE
DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS
AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
