Special Weather Statement from PAH 2/4/09

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
601 AM CST WED FEB 4 2009

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-041800-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-
WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION...
MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...
CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...
JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO...
MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...
EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON...
BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...
MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...
DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...
CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...
CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...
BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
601 AM CST WED FEB 4 2009

...COLD CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST TODAY AND TONIGHT...
...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM INTO THE WEEKEND...

TEMPERATURES FROM 10 TO 15 DEGREES TO START THE DAY...COUPLED WITH
NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 10 MPH...WILL RESULT IN WIND
CHILLS NEAR ZERO OVER MOST AREAS THIS MORNING. HIGHS TODAY WILL
ONLY REACH THE UPPER TEENS TO MID 20S...WITH LOWS TONIGHT IN THE
SINGLE DIGITS TO MID TEENS.

THOSE STILL LIVING WITHOUT ADEQUATE HEAT SOURCES...SHOULD
STRONGLY CONSIDER RELOCATING TO A SAFE...WARM SHELTER FOR THE NEXT
FEW DAYS.

ALTHOUGH A WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS THE REGION
THURSDAY...THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND
TEENS...AND INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL STILL RESULT IN
DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS...NEAR ZERO OR IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...FOR
MUCH OF THE MORNING THURSDAY.

ALTHOUGH WINDS TODAY WILL BE CONSIDERABLY WEAKER THAN
YESTERDAY...A FEW GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON MAINLY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. AFTER A BRIEF CALM
PERIOD TONIGHT...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY MIDDAY
THURSDAY. SOUTH WINDS FROM 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS 20 TO 30 MPH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON WILL ONCE AGAIN CREATE DIFFICULTIES FOR THOSE
ATTEMPTING TO RESTORE POWER TO THE REGION. THESE GUSTY SOUTH WINDS
WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AND THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY.

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DRS