Warming Center in Abingdon Opens During Cold Front

ABINGDON, MD — Harford County is opening a warming center in Abingdon. The center will be open from Wednesday to Thursday, according to Harford County government, as an arctic air mass moves through the region.

The temperature was 16 degrees Fahrenheit in Bel Air at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service, with a wind chill of -1 degree.

The warming center will be at Mountain Christian Church's Abingdon campus at 3465 Box Hill Corporate Center Drive, Suite B, in Abingdon.

It will be open from 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 30, until 5 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 31.

Harford County is under a wind chill advisory from 6 p.m. Wednesday to noon Thursday.

During the advisory period, wind chills are expected to be 10 to 20 degrees below zero, and frostbite could set in within as little as 30 minutes. A wind chill advisory means that cold air and wind will combine to create low wind chills, and people must take precautions — dressing in layers, wearing a hat and putting on gloves — to stay safe outside.

Harford County's Department of Emergency Services and Harford County Executive Barry Glassman partnered with the church to provide the warming center.

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