Updated: Mon Jan-21-19 08:16am UTC
Effective: Mon Jan-21-19 08:16am UTC
Expires: Tue Jan-22-19 12:00am UTC
Severity: Moderate
Urgency: Expected
Certainty: Likely
Status: Actual
Type: Alert
Category: Met
Areas affected: Broome; Chemung; Cortland; Onondaga; Schuyler; Seneca; Southern Cayuga; Steuben; Tioga; Tompkins; Yates
Instructions: A wind chill warning means the combination of very cold air and
the wind will create dangerously low wind chill values. frostbite
can occur quickly and even hypothermia or death if precautions
are not taken.
Message Summary: ...wind chill warning remains in effect until 7 pm est this
evening...
* what...dangerously cold wind chills. Wind chills as low as 30
below zero. Wind gusts as high as 35 mph causing blowing and
drifting snow, where there is a dry snowpack.
* where...in pennsylvania, southern wayne, bradford,
susquehanna, pike, lackawanna, luzerne, wyoming and northern
wayne counties. In new york, cortland, tompkins, chemung,
schuyler, steuben, tioga, broome, onondaga, yates, seneca and
southern cayuga counties.
* when...lowest wind chills until 7 pm est this evening. Winds
diminish tonight but wind chills will remain well below zero.
* additional details...the cold wind chills could cause frostbite
on exposed skin within 30 minutes.
