Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued a Special Weather Statement until 3 a.m. CST Tuesday, January 29, 2019.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT UNTIL 4AM CST TUE

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

... IT WILL BE BITTERLY COLD AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A FRIGID ARCTIC AIRMASS SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA.

LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE TEENS, WITH WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM JUST BELOW ZERO ALONG INTERSTATE 64 TO AROUND 5 ABOVE TOWARD THE TENNESSEE AND ARKANSAS STATE LINES BY LATE TONIGHT. HIGHS TUESDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S.

TUESDAY EVENING, THE TRUE ARCTIC FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH, DROPPING WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES INTO THE 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO RANGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS NORTH OF A MARBLE HILL MISSOURI, VIENNA ILLINOIS, CALHOUN KENTUCKY LINE FOR LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. SOUTH INTO THE REST OF WEST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, WIND CHILLS DURING THIS TIME FRAME WILL BE ZERO TO 10 BELOW.

THE VERY COLD WEATHER WILL LAST INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS COLD SNAP WILL INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

WE WILL QUICKLY BREAK OUT OF THE COLD, WITH MUCH WARMER CONDITIONS RETURNING BY THE END OF THE WEEK.