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WWCN16 CWWG 201734
EXTREME COLD WARNING
FOR NORTHERN ALBERTA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 10:34 A.M. MST MONDAY 20 JANUARY 2025.
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EXTREME COLD WARNING FOR:
FORT SASKATCHEWAN - VEGREVILLE - REDWATER - SMOKY LAKE
LEDUC - CAMROSE - WETASKIWIN - TOFIELD
LLOYDMINSTER - WAINWRIGHT - VERMILION - PROVOST
BONNYVILLE - ST. PAUL - COLD LAKE - LAC LA BICHE
FORT MCMURRAY - FORT MACKAY.
EXTREME COLD WARNING ENDED FOR:
WESTLOCK - BARRHEAD - ATHABASCA
FORT CHIPEWYAN - WOOD BUFFALO NATIONAL PARK.
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==DISCUSSION==
WIND CHILL VALUES NEAR MINUS 40 CONTINUE.
THE EXTREME COLD EVENT WILL END THIS AFTERNOON.
EXTREME COLD PUTS EVERYONE AT RISK.
COVER UP. FROSTBITE CAN DEVELOP WITHIN MINUTES ON EXPOSED SKIN,
ESPECIALLY WITH WIND CHILL.
IF IT'S TOO COLD FOR YOU TO STAY OUTSIDE, IT'S TOO COLD FOR YOUR PET
TO STAY OUTSIDE.
EXTREME COLD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN VERY COLD TEMPERATURES OR WIND
CHILL CREATES AN ELEVATED RISK TO HEALTH SUCH AS FROST BITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO
ABSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR TWEET REPORTS USING (HASH)ABSTORM.
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA
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