Winter weather advisory in effect for Joplin until midnight

(From the National Weather Service)

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 49
THROUGH THIS EVENING

* SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A DUSTING OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL
BE POSSIBLE MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 54. FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL
PRODUCE A THIN GLAZE OF A TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH
OF ICE ACCUMULATION.

* IMPACTS...COLD ROAD AND BRIDGE SURFACES WILL CAUSE ANY
PRECIPITATION TO FREEZE ON CONTACT. EVEN IF IT DOES NOT LOOK
LIKE MUCH PRECIPITATION HAS OR IS OCCURRING...THE ROADS WILL
BECOME SLICK WITH EVEN JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF SNOW OR FREEZING
DRIZZLE. USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE
AND LIGHT SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.