Wind chill warning issued for Joplin area

(From the National Weather Service)

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST SUNDAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO NOON CST
MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS
NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST SUNDAY.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...A MIXTURE OF PATCHY DRIZZLE AND LIGHT RAIN
  WILL TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
  FROM A DUSTING UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
  MIDNIGHT...ESPECIALLY UP TOWARDS TRUMAN LAKE. LIGHT TO MODERATE
  SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY
  MORNING.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 65
  CORRIDOR FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5
  INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS CLOSER TO HIGHWAY 65.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
  GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF
  SUNDAY. THIS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHILE
  FREQUENTLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS
  BELOW ZERO SUNDAY MORNING AND THEN FALL INTO THE -20 TO -30
  BELOW ZERO RANGE FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY
  MORNING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 0 TO -10 DEGREE
  RANGE BY MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST READING ACROSS
  CENTRAL MISSOURI.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE FROM NORTHWEST TO
  SOUTHEAST FROM THIS EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING...INCLUDING
  STATE HIGHWAYS 54...60...AND 13...ALONG WITH INTERSTATES 49 AND
  44. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS WILL ALSO DEVELOP STARTING LATE
  TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.