Winter storm warning- up to half an inch of freezing rain for Branson area

HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...
BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
342 AM CST SAT MAR 1 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
  BRANSON TO EMINENCE FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF COMBINED
  SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS THIS AREA...WITH
  MOST SLEET AND SNOW FALLING LATER SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN LATER
  THIS EVENING INTO TO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. FREEZING RAIN AMOUNTS
  OF A QUARTER TO AS MUCH AS A HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED...WITH THE
  HIGHER AMOUNTS FURTHER SOUTH. FREEZING RAIN AMOUNTS MAY BE HIGH
  ENOUGH TO IMPACT TREES AND POWER LINES IN SOME LOCATIONS.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH...WITH
  GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY MONDAY
  MORNING. WIND GUSTS MAY ENHANCE THE IMPACTS OF FREEZING RAIN ON
  TREES AND POWER LINES. IN ADDITION...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO
  LESS THAN A HALF MILE IN AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL.

* IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL
  ACROSS THE REGION DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON
  TREES AND POWER LINES MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR
  HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS TO KEEP ROADWAYS CLEAR...ESPECIALLY EAST TO
  WEST ROADWAYS...WHERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE GREATEST.
  VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN A RISK FOR FROSTBITE AND
  HYPOTHERMIA FOR ANYONE WITHOUT PROPER SHELTER.