NWS: Special Weather Statement (Dangerous Wind Chills)

Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
500 PM EST MON JAN 18 2016

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NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN QUEENS-
500 PM EST MON JAN 18 2016

...WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR ZERO THIS MORNING.....

THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES FALLING TO NEAR ZERO
OVERNIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

NEW YORKERS ARE ASKED TO EXERCISE CAUTION DURING THIS PERIOD OF
EXTREME COLD WEATHER AND CHECK ON THEIR NEIGHBORS...FRIENDS...AND
RELATIVES...ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY AND THOSE WITH DISABILITIES
AND ACCESS AND FUNCTIONAL NEEDS. ANYONE WHO SEES A HOMELESS
INDIVIDUAL OUT IN THE COLD SHOULD CALL 311 IMMEDIATELY AND AN
OUTREACH TEAM WILL BE DISPATCHED TO ASSIST THEM. REPORT ANY LOSS
OF HEAT AND HOT WATER IN YOUR HOME TO YOUR PROPERTY MANAGER
IMMEDIATELY AND CALL 311.