Winter storm warning remains in effect for Newton, McDonald, Barry counties

(From the National Weather Service)

WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...FREEZING RAIN...MIXED WITH SLEET AT
  TIMES...IS OCCURRING ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL
  MISSOURI. WITH TIME...PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO A MIX
  OF SNOW AND SLEET...AND THEN ALL SNOW BY THIS EVENING. FURTHER
  NORTH ACROSS THE I-44 AND U.S. 60 CORRIDORS...SNOWFALL WILL
  INCREASE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...WITH A DUSTING TO TWO
  INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING.

  SNOW ACCUMULATION ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE
  EVENING RUSH HOUR.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI ALONG AND SOUTH
  OF INTERSTATE 44.

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED
  BY THE TIME PRECIPITATION ENDS LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A GLAZE TO TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN
  WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER FAR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...GENERALLY
  ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A GAINESVILLE TO POMONA TO EMINENCE
  LINE...THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
  REGION TODAY AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL INCLUDE THIS AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY
  MORNING COMMUTES. WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO OR BELOW
  FREEZING IN MANY LOCATIONS BEFORE PRECIPITATION STARTS TO
  FALL...RAPID ACCUMULATIONS AND IMPACTS TO AREA ROADWAYS ARE
  EXPECTED ONCE PRECIPITATION BEGINS.