National Weather Service Issue Wind Chill Warning
- National Weather Service
- Wednesday, February 5, 2014 12:00 AM Local Time
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 235 AM PST TUE FEB 4 2014 …BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS POSSIBLE BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING… .A COMBINATION OF GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND BELOW ZERO TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL OF DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL READINGS OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPOKANE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS: NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 10 BELOW TO 28 BELOW ZERO DUE TO TEMPERATURES 6 BELOW TO 9 ABOVE ZERO…AND NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING: LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
LOCATIONS: COEUR D’ALENE…POST FALLS…HAYDEN…WORLEY… SANDPOINT…ATHOL…BONNERS FERRY…PRIEST RIVER…EASTPORT… SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD…KELLOGG…PINEHURST…OSBURN… WALLACE…MULLAN…FOURTH OF JULY PASS…DOBSON PASS…LOOKOUT PASS…ODESSA…WILBUR…COLVILLE…DEER PARK…CHEWELAH… NEWPORT…KETTLE FALLS…SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD…ORIN-RICE ROAD…FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD…SPOKANE…CHENEY…DAVENPORT… ROCKFORD. *
IMPACTS: FOR TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING…WIND CHILL VALUES LESS THAN 20 BELOW ZERO CAN LEAD TO FROSTBITE WITHIN 30 MINUTES. * IMPACTS: WEB PAGE: PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER ARE LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF THE BITTER COLD AND STRONG WINDS CAN FREEZE EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES…SO DRESS WARMLY. LAYERS OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN A SINGLE LAYER OF THICK CLOTHING.