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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Wind Chill Advisory Extended until 6:00 a.m. Wed. 1/8/2014

Wind Chill Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
600 PM EST TUE JAN 7 2014

...BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS FOR MOST OF THE TRI-STATE AREA TONIGHT...

CTZ009-010-NJZ006-104-106-108-NYZ071>075-078-080-176>179-080700-
/O.EXT.KOKX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140108T1300Z/
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-HUDSON-EASTERN BERGEN-
EASTERN ESSEX-EASTERN UNION-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
600 PM EST TUE JAN 7 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW
  JERSEY...LONG ISLAND...AND ALL OF NEW YORK CITY.

* HAZARD TYPES...BITTER COLD AND WIND.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...8 TO 15 BELOW ZERO.

* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...5 TO 12 ABOVE.

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE BITTER COLD AND WIND COULD
  LEAD TO FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. IN PROLONGED PERIODS OF
  COLD TEMPERATURES BE SURE TO CHECK THE ANTIFREEZE IN YOUR
  AUTOMOBILE... USE SPACE HEATERS SAFELY...AND IF EMERGENCY
  GENERATORS ARE NECESSARY BE SURE THEY ARE WELL VENTILATED.

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