Thursday, January 08, 2015

Wind chill advisory continues for Joplin area

(From the National Weather Service)

VERY COLD WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING...

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-081600-
/O.CON.KSGF.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150108T1600Z/
BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-
LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...
BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN...
CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...
MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...
NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON...
PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...
BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
422 AM CST THU JAN 8 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS
MORNING.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...AIR TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING HAVE DROPPED
  TO AROUND ZERO IN MOST LOCATIONS. WHILE WINDS WERE GENERALLY
  LIGHT OVERNIGHT...SOUTHWESTERLY BREEZES WILL INCREASE QUICKLY
  AFTER SUNRISE...ESPECIALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 65. WITH TEMPERATURES
  STILL VERY COLD...THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS TO RAPIDLY
  FALL TO BETWEEN MINUS 6 AND MINUS 16 DEGREES.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THOUGH 10 AM THIS MORNING FOR
  ALL OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...6 TO 16 BELOW ZERO WITH THE COLDEST READINGS
  OCCURRING BETWEEN 6 AND 10 AM THIS MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND BRISK WINDS
  WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
  FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR IN 30 MINUTES OR LESS ON EXPOSED SKIN.

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