Full Notification

MESSAGE FROM DELAWARE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THE PENDING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

Saturday; temps falling through the day
Sunday; A Wind Chill Watch will go into effect in the morning
A Wind Chill Warning will go into effect in the afternoon thru Tuesday noon
Air temperatures are expected to be -25 or lower in Delaware County
Sunday night
Monday; Wind chills are expected to be -45 to -50 Monday morning
Tuesday: Wind chills are expected to -35 to 45 Tuesday morning

Please stay home and check on;
• your relatives
• your neighbors
• your pets


Delaware County EMA
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...GALENA
332 PM CST SAT JAN 4 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM SUNDAY TO NOON CST
TUESDAY...

* TIMING...EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 53 BELOW.

* TEMPERATURES...24 BELOW TO 2 ABOVE ZERO SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* IMPACTS...BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE
DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.... RESULTING IN FROST
BITE... HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES....
RESULTING IN FROST BITE ...HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...DRESS
APPROPRIATELY IN LAYERS COVERING EXPOSED SKIN. FROSTBITE WILL
OCCUR IN AS FEW AS 5 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.