National Weather Service issues overnight wind-chill warning, dangerously cold temperatures

The National Weather Service has issued an overnight wind-chill warning with dangerously cold temperatures that could be harmful to both plants and animals.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1247 PM EST WED FEB 4 2009

COUNTY SPECIFIC MESSAGE:

/O.UPG.KMLB.WC.A.0001.090205T0500Z-090205T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KMLB.WC.W.0001.090205T0500Z-090205T1300Z/
INLAND VOLUSIA-NORTHERN LAKE-ORANGE-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD-
OSCEOLA-INDIAN RIVER-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
SOUTHERN LAKE-NORTHERN BREVARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DE LAND...LEESBURG...ORLANDO...
SANFORD...MELBOURNE...PALM BAY...KISSIMMEE...ST CLOUD...
VERO BEACH...OKEECHOBEE...FORT PIERCE...HOBE SOUND...
DAYTONA BEACH...CLERMONT...TITUSVILLE
1247 PM EST WED FEB 4 2009

...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MELBOURNE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EST
THURSDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

A WIND CHILL WARNING IS RARELY ISSUED IN EAST CENTRAL
FLORIDA...HOWEVER THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND TEMPERATURES WELL
BELOW FREEZING WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS LATE
TONIGHT AND THROUGH DAYBREAK THURSDAY.

BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH TONIGHT.
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 MPH WILL PERSIST TONIGHT AND EARLY
THURSDAY...AND COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S...TO
PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS BETWEEN 15 AND 20 DEGREES.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES OF
20 OR COLDER ARE EXPECTED. APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE
OUTDOOR PETS HAVE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES.
THE ELDERLY AND THE HOMELESS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE
COLD. IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN...THIS MAY RESULT IN
HYPOTHERMIA IF YOU REMAIN IN THESE CONDITIONS FOR AN EXTENDED
DURATION.

AFFECTED COUNTIES:
IN FLORIDA: BREVARD, INDIAN RIVER, LAKE, MARTIN, OKEECHOBEE, ORANGE, OSCEOLA,
SEMINOLE, ST LUCIE, VOLUSIA.