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'LIFE-THREATENING COLD AIR HAS ARRIVED ... A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION'
It's the first time the National Weather Service-Twin Cities has used that language. Scroll down to read the historic warning.
Hold onto your hat, Stillwater. Here's what the National Weather Service is saying about our deep cold snap. (It's the first time the NWS-Twin Cities has warned of a "particularly dangerous situation.")
WIND CHILL WARNING
HISTORIC AND LIFE-THREATENING COLD AIR HAS ARRIVED...
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION
The coldest airmass since 1966 continues to move southeast out of Canada and into Minnesota and Wisconsin. Wind chill values will range between 30 and 45 below [Sunday] and continue to fall through Monday morning. Air temperatures [Sunday night] will drop into the 20s and 30s below zero. Gusty west or northwest winds combined with these extremely cold temperatures will produce wind chills of 50 to 65 below zero late [Sunday night] and early Monday.
Wind chills colder than 50 below can cause exposed flesh to freeze in only 5 moinutes. A Wind Chill Warning is in effect for Central and Southern Minnesota and West Central Wisconsin through noon Tuesday.
The gusty winds will also bring areas of blowing snow to much of the area [Sunday and Sunday night]. Where gusts reach 35 to 45 mph over western and southern Minnesota visibilities may occasionally be reduced to less than a half mile in near blizzard conditions. This will bring an additional level of danger to anyone stranded.
A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION!
WIND CHILL VALUES: 35 TO 65 BELOW ... WITH THE COLDEST READINGS TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.
IMPACTS: EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN 10 MINUTES WITH WIND CHILLS OF 35 BELOW AND IN 5 MINUTES WITH WIND CHILLS OF 50 BELOW OR COLDER. ...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
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