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NWS: Wind Chill WARNING

NWS NationalWeatherService-Logo.svg__2_0URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
551 PM CST SUN JAN 5 2014

...LIFE-THREATENING WIND CHILLS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...

.THE SNOW OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI HAS MOVED EAST AND OUT OF THE REGION.
HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS
DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT WHICH WILL TAPER OFF BY MORNING.

A MUCH COLDER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL COMBINE WITH THE THE STIFF
NORTHERLY WIND AND RESULT IN LIFE- THREATENING WIND CHILLS FROM 25 BELOW
OVER EAST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI TO NEAR 40 BELOW
ZERO ALONG THE MISSOURI AND IOWA BORDER BY MONDAY MORNING.

DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-
DAVIESS-BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-
SALINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TROY...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...MOUND CITY...OREGON...
SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...ST. JOSEPH...
PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...POLO...CHILLICOTHE...RICHMOND...
CARROLLTON...SALISBURY...KEYTESVILLE...MARSHALL
551 PM CST SUN JAN 5 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY...

A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY.

* TIMING...A SECOND SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE
  REGION TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.

* WIND CHILLS...LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 30 AND 40
  BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
  MORNING.

* WINDS...NORTHERLY WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY. WINDS
  WILL DIMINISH SOME MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL RESULT IN
  FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE
  NOT TAKEN. FROST BITE CAN OCCUR ON EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF
  MINUTES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

 

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