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A wind chill warning is a hazardous weather statement issued by local forecast offices of the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States and previously by the Meteorological Service of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) when wind chills are forecast to reach values low enough for residents and travelers to be susceptible to life-threatening medical conditions (such as severe ...
A wind chill advisory is a hazardous weather statement issued by Weather Forecast Offices (WFO) of the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States to alert the public that wind chills are forecast to reach values low enough that it poses a threat to human health and life if adequate protection is not taken against hypothermia and frostbite.
PDS wind chill warning. PDS wind chill warnings are issued when there is an enhanced risk of frost bite, hypothermia, and eventually death due to extremely low wind chills. These warnings are issued by the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices rather than the Storm Prediction Center.
The National Weather Service in Miami issued a wind chill advisory set to begin at 2 a.m. Saturday. The wind chill advisory, issued Friday morning, is due to the passage of a strong cold front ...
The combination of high speed winds and freezing temperatures can be deadly. What to know about staying warm as cold fronts move through Tennessee.
As of Saturday night, 44 million people were under a winter weather advisory, with a wind chill warning affecting 29 million and a wind chill advisory in place for another 64 million, according to ...
Special weather statement. A Special Weather Statement ( SAME event code SPS) is a form of weather advisory. Special Weather Statements are issued by the National Weather Service of the United States (NWS) and the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC). There are no set criteria for special weather statements in either country.
A wind chill warning was also issued, with impending arctic cold threatening the area beginning early Saturday. That warning runs through Wednesday, with the coldest wind chills consistently ...