Wind chill to drop to single digits tonight for Joplin area

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
421 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  EXTREME FLOODING RISK.
  LIMITED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK.
  ELEVATED NON THUNDERSTORM WIND RISK.
  ELEVATED ICE ACCUMULATION RISK.
  LIMITED SNOW RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS
  OF SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI AND THE EASTERN OZARKS THIS MORNING.
  THIS RAIN WILL LIKELY EXACERBATE ONGOING FLOODING ACROSS THIS
  REGION.

  ELSEWHERE...AREAL FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING WILL
  CONTINUE. MANY RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE TODAY...EXCEEDING
  MAJOR...OR IN SOME CASES...RECORD FLOOD STAGE. SIGNIFICANT
  FLOOD IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE IN MANY PLACES TODAY...EVEN AFTER
  THE HEAVY RAIN COMES TO AN END.

  LATER THIS MORNING...SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO FALL TO
  OR JUST BELOW FREEZING...INITIALLY OVER FAR SOUTHEASTERN
  KANSAS. AS THIS OCCURS...PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION
  FROM RAIN TO A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND LIGHT SNOW. A
  WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF
  SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS...WHERE UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF
  ICE...AND A DUSTING OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED.

  FURTHER TO THE EAST...TEMPERATURES ARE THE SURFACE ARE NOT
  EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING UNTIL PRECIPITATION HAS ALMOST
  COME TO AN END. WHILE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING
  DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAJOR WINTER WEATHER IMPACTS ARE NOT
  EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

  NORTH WINDS WILL REMAIN VERY GUSTY THIS MORNING...AND THEN
  BECOME NORTHWESTERLY TO WESTERLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH STRONG
  GUSTS CONTINUING. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE
  DIGITS AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

  AREA CREEKS...STREAMS...RIVERS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL
  LIKELY REMAIN FLOODED THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK.