First winter storm on the way

(From the National Weather Service)

WINTER WEATHER TO IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE OZARKS
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...

.THE FIRST WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON WILL AFFECT THE MISSOURI
OZARKS AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS TODAY AND FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL
LIKELY BEGIN AS A MIX OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVER
SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI TODAY BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW LATER
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE
ALL SNOW NORTH OF A CASSVILLE TO ROLLA LINE AND IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN OVER THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MISSOURI LATE THIS MORNING.

AFTER A BRIEF LULL IN ACTIVITY THIS EVENING...ANOTHER ROUND
OF SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE
INCHES NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR AND 4 TO 8 INCHES SOUTH
OF THIS BOUNDARY. A SHARP GRADIENT IN ACCUMULATION ALONG THE
NORTHERN EDGE OF THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED...WHERE AMOUNTS COULD
DIFFER SUBSTANTIALLY OVER A SMALL AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE
SNOW...A TENTH TO QUARTER INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY
SOUTH AND EAST OF A GAINESVILLE TO EMINENCE LINE.

PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY IMMEDIATELY ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADWAYS
ONCE IT BEGINS TODAY AS TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW FREEZING. THIS WILL
RESULT IN RAPID IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION.