NWS issues updated Wind Chill Advisory

Wind Chill Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
343 AM EST SAT FEB 13 2016

...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...
...STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-
WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-
NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
343 AM EST SAT FEB 13 2016

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
NOON EST SUNDAY...

* LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY...LONG ISLAND AND MOST OF
  NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...MOST OF COASTAL CONNECTICUT...
  WESTERN BERGEN AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTIES.

* HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS.

* TIMING...COLDEST WIND CHILLS LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY
  MORNING.

* WIND CHILL...FROM 18 TO 23 DEGREES BELOW ZERO DUE TO
  TEMPERATURES AROUND ZERO...AND NORTHWEST WINDS 0 TO 30 MPH WITH
  GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* COLD IMPACTS...THE FRIGID CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE
  VENTURING OUTSIDE. PROLONGED EXPOSURE MAY CAUSE FROSTBITE. THE
  COMBINATION OF VERY LOW WIND CHILLS AND FRIGID AIR TEMPERATURES
  HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN FROZEN PIPES...FROSTBITE AND
  HYPOTHERMIA.

* WIND IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES DOWNED.
  ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
OUTDOOR EXPOSURE SHOULD BE LIMITED. IF YOU ARE HEADING
OUTDOORS...DRESS IN LAYERS AND KEEP YOUR HANDS AND HEAD COVERED TO
PROTECT AGAINST FROSTBITE