Wind Chill Advisory issued December 14 at 4:03AM EST expiring December 15 at 1:00PM EST by NWS Northern Indiana
Wind Chill Advisory issued December 14 at 4:03AM EST expiring December 15 by NWS Northern Indiana
Areas Affected: Putnam; Wabash; Grant; Fulton; Starke; Wells; Adams; Allen; Allen; Paulding; Van Wert; Pulaski; Blackford; Miami; Marshall; Kosciusko; Cass; Huntington; Jay; Whitley; White; La Porte
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM
CST/ THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THURSDAY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 15 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO LATE
TONIGHT INTO MIDDAY THURSDAY.
IMPACTS...
* BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED THAT CAN CAUSE
FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. PEOPLE
WHO MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS IN LAYERS AND COVER
ALL EXPOSED SKIN TO AVOID FROSTBITE.
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.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.
Address/Location
Starke County EMA
53 East Mound Street
Knox, IN 46534
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 574-772-9182
Jacob Lippner
Emergency Management Agency
[email protected]
574-772-9182