Joplin area winter storm warning starts at midnight

(From the National Weather Service)

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM
CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND THEN SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS ROUGHLY NORTH AND WEST OF A
  JOPLIN TO VICHY LINE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW WILL PRIMARILY OCCUR NORTH
  OF A PITTSBURG KANSAS TO OSAGE BEACH LINE SATURDAY NIGHT WHERE
  ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL START TO DEVELOP
  TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING WHERE TWO TENTHS TO A
  QUARTER INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...ICE AND SNOW WILL LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL
  PROBLEMS BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AND
  THEN AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. ICE COULD
  ALSO BUILD UP ON TREES AND POWER LINES WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME
  POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE AND SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU.
THIS KIT SHOULD INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER
CABLES...A FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHING AND
ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME
STRANDED.