Winter storm warning remains in effect for Joplin until 6 a.m. Sunday

(From the National Weather Service)

..WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND A MIX OF SLEET AND
SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...THE FREEZING LINE CONTINUES TO EXTEND FROM
  NEAR JOPLIN TO OSAGE BEACH THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BEGIN TO
  SLOWLY DROP BACK TO THE SOUTHEAST EARLY THIS EVENING. ANOTHER BAND OF
  FREEZING RAIN WILL BE PUSHING INTO WESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME
  SOUTHEAST KANSAS FROM EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON WITH
  ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO 0.15 OF AN INCH
  POSSIBLE.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...OCCASIONAL LIGHT FREEZING RAIN THIS
  AFTERNOON...CHANGING TO FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW
  LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING.

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...A DUSTING OR LESS THAN ONE INCH
  OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE I-44 CORRIDOR. ONE TO TWO
  INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FURTHER NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI AND
  SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO
  FIFTEEN HUNDREDTHS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
  EVENING BRINGING STORM TOTALS FROM A QUARTER TO HALF INCH IN
  MANY LOCATIONS.

* IMPACTS...ICE WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS THROUGH
  THIS EVENING...MAINLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND UNTREATED
  ROADWAYS. LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET ON TOP OF ICE WILL LIKELY WORSEN
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. ICE BUILD
  UP ON TREES AND POWER LINES WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO LEAD TO
  SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE AND SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG 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.