Winter weather advisory in effect for Joplin area until 3 p.m. Thursday

(From the National Weather Service)

WINTRY PRECIPITATION OVERSPREADING THE REGION...

.LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND IN
COVERAGE AND MOVE NORTH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECIPITATION
WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...ESPECIALLY
OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A DUSTING TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES.
FREEZING DRIZZLE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE A GLAZE OF ICE ON EXPOSED
SURFACES.

THIS WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL
CONDITIONS DURING THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE TO WORK OR SCHOOL.

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BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-MORGAN-MILLER-MARIES-VERNON-
ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-
LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-
LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PITTSBURG...
BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...WARSAW...COLE CAMP...VERSAILLES...
ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...NEVADA...APPLETON CITY...OSCEOLA...
HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...
BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN...
CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...
MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...
NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON...
PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA...
BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA...THAYER...ALTON
324 PM CST WED JAN 8 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL
  CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING...AND EXPAND IN COVERAGE. A MIX OF LIGHT SNOW AND
  FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL
  QUICKLY FALL BELOW FREEZING ONCE PRECIPITATION BEGINS...AND
  ROADS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS IN SOME LOCATIONS.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...ALL OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS AND
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF OF SNOW
  IS EXPECTED.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A THIN GLAZE OF A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH
  OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE...CAUSING A GLAZE TO DEVELOP ON EXPOSED
  SURFACES.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL
  CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
  EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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