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Manchester Police Department
Sunday January 26th, 2014 :: 08:43 p.m. CST

Alert

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY.

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO NOON
CST TUESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NONE.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...ZERO FOR EXTENDED PERIODS.

* TEMPERATURES...10 ABOVE TO 10 BELOW ZERO.

* WIND CHILL READINGS...AS LOW AS 42 BELOW.

* IMPACTS...THE BLIZZARD IS A LIFE THREATENING EVENT TO ANYONE
OUTSIDE OR TRAVELING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS THAT FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...STRONG
WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS ARE
OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. THIS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...
MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL! IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL DUE TO AN EMERGENCY...TAKE YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. IF
YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL HELP ARRIVES.


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 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS.

Instructions:

None

Address/Location
Manchester Police Department
208 E Main St
Manchester, IA 52057

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 563-927-3355

Alert Details

Severity:
Extreme - Extraordinary threat to life or property
Urgency:
Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
Certainty:
Unknown
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Blizzard Warning

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