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Cold/Wind Chill in Morgan, Illinois

Cold/Wind Chill February 14, 2015 · Morgan, Illinois

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Deaths

What the National Weather Service wrote

An elderly man and woman died in rural Morgan County as a result of hypothermia. Temperatures were in the teens and wind-chills were around zero at the time of their deaths.

The wider storm

Canadian high pressure brought a very cold airmass into central Illinois on February 14th. While temperatures hovered in the teens, strong northwesterly winds of 15 to 25mph produced wind-chill readings from 0 to -5F. Two people died in Morgan County as a result of prolonged exposure to the cold.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 560138. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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