Winter storm warning in effect for Newton, Lawrence counties

(From the National Weather Service)

WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS
MORNING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
  BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON OVER THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF
  MISSOURI AND RAPIDLY EXPAND TO THE NORTHEAST. THE PRECIPITATION
  MAY INITIALLY BEGIN AS A SLEET SNOW MIXTURE OR ALL SLEET BEFORE
  CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW WILL
  BE POSSIBLE IN THESE LOCATIONS FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH
  FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY... VISIBILITY WILL DETERIORATE WITH THE
  MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BANDS AND WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH.

* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
  AREA DURING TODAYS AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY MORNINGS COMMUTE. RAPID
  ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS EXPECTED AFTER THE ONSET LATER TODAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. 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.