CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR AND RINGGOLD COUNTIES…

…WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST TUESDAY…

AUDUBON-GUTHRIE AND DALLAS COUNTIES….WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOW UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY…

POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY…WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT.

MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE COUNTIES….WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY

MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY COUNTIES...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT.

* TIMING…WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO NEAR 20 BELOW ZERO BY NOON TODAY THEN DROP TO 30 TO 40 BELOW BY THIS EVENING AS THE COLDER ARCTIC AIR ARRIVES.

* WIND CHILL VALUES…AN EXTENDED PERIOD WITH EXTREME WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 35 BELOW ZERO WILL OCCUR. LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILL VALUES SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ARE EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS...EXTREME WIND CHILLS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE IN MINUTES AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF EXTREMELY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE LIFE THREATENING LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.