Wind chills in single digits tonight for Joplin area

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
300 PM CST WED JAN 4 2017

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...

  LIMITED EXCESSIVE COLD RISK.
  ELEVATED SNOW RISK.

DISCUSSION...

  WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN
  TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

  AN AREA OF LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN
  PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. GIVEN THE COLD
  GROUND TEMPERATURES, SOME AREAS OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI WILL SEE
  AN ACCUMULATION ON AREA ROADS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS
  EXPECTED FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL MISSOURI FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
  THURSDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

  LIGHT SNOW WILL BE ONGOING OVER CENTRAL MISSOURI DAYBREAK
  THURSDAY. A TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE
  POSSIBLE NORTH OF A LINE FROM OSCEOLA TO SALEM BY NOON. LESSER
  AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR AS YOU HEAD SOUTH WITH TRACE AMOUNTS
  AS FAR SOUTH AS PITTSBURG KS TO SPRINGFIELD TO EMINENCE. AGAIN,
  COLD GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO AN ACCUMULATION ON ROAD
  SURFACES THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SHIFT OFF TO THE
  EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. SOME CHANGES IN THE SNOW FORECAST ARE
  STILL POSSIBLE GIVEN THE RELATIVELY SMALL SCALE OF THE EXPECTED
  SNOW BAND.

  COLDER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  UPCOMING WEEKEND.