Snow expected for Joplin area this afternoon

(From the National Weather Service)

.MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...

.A QUICK MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH EXTREME
SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI OZARKS.

LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL OCCUR...RESULTING IN ACCUMULATIONS
RANGING FROM A DUSTING TO TWO INCHES.

THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ROUGHLY ALONG AND
35 MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GIRARD KANSAS TO
SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI...TO WINONA.

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BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-
TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-
CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...NEVADA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...
STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...
SALEM...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...
MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...
AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...
WINONA...EMINENCE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...
GALENA...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...
ALTON
952 AM CST TUE FEB 17 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...3 PM TO MIDNIGHT FOR AREAS ROUGHLY
  ALONG AND 35 MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GIRARD KANSAS
  TO SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI...TO WINONA MISSOURI.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECASTED TO RANGE
  FROM A DUSTING TO TWO INCHES.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 MPH COMBINED WITH
  LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO FALL BELOW 1
  MILE AT TIMES THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE ROAD SURFACES
  TO BECOME SLICK...ESPECIALLY SURFACES THAT HAVE BEEN ALREADY
  CLEARED FROM PREVIOUS SNOWFALL.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.