NWS: Wind Chill WARNING

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
WED FEB 5 2014

...LIFE-THREATENING WIND CHILLS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...

.ANOTHER BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
MISSOURI AND EASTERN KANSAS TODAY AND REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH
THURSDAY. CLEARING SKIES AND A FRESH SNOW PACK WILL ALLOW OVERNIGHT
TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET WELL BELOW ZERO...WITH ACTUAL TEMPERATURES
BOTTOMING OUT BETWEEN 10 AND 15 BELOW ZERO NORTH OF THE MISSOURI
RIVER. ALTHOUGH WIND SPEEDS WILL DROP OFF MARKEDLY TONIGHT EVEN A
LIGHT WIND WILL RESULT IN LIFE-THREATENING WIND CHILLS FROM 25 TO 30
BELOW NORTH OF A ST JOSEPH TO MOBERLY LINE WHILE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND
CHILLS BETWEEN 15 AND 2O BELOW CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE REST OF THE
REGION. THESE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE
IMPROVING SOMEWHAT IN THE AFTERNOON.

DONIPHAN-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-
SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-CHARITON-
RANDOLPH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TROY...TARKIO...MARYVILLE...
GRANT CITY...ALBANY...STANBERRY...BETHANY...PRINCETON...
UNIONVILLE...LANCASTER...DOWNING...MOUND CITY...OREGON...
SAVANNAH...CAMERON...GALLATIN...JAMESPORT...TRENTON...MILAN...
GREEN CITY...KIRKSVILLE...ST. JOSEPH...PLATTSBURG...HAMILTON...
POLO...CHILLICOTHE...BROOKFIELD...MACON...LA PLATA...SALISBURY...
KEYTESVILLE...MOBERLY
1002 AM CST WED FEB 5 2014

...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL HAS
ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY.

* LOCATION/TIMING...NORTHERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS.
  AREAS GENERALLY NORTH OF A ST JOSEPH TO MOBERLY LINE CAN EXPECT
  LIFE-THREATENING WIND CHILLS FROM 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT
  THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

* WIND CHILLS...OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO 10 BELOW TO 15
  BELOW ZERO. EVENING WIND CHILLS WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO
  AND BOTTOM OUT BETWEEN 25 AND 30 BELOW ZERO FROM THE PRE-DAWN HOURS
  TO MID MORNING THURSDAY.

* WINDS...LIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 4 TO 8 MPH.

* IMPACTS...THE BRUTALLY COLD TEMPERATURES TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
  MORNING WILL RESULT IN LIFE- THREATENING WIND CHILLS WHICH WILL
  RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND POTENTIALLY LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA AND EVEN
  DEATH IF YOU ARE NOT PROPERLY DRESSED.

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.