Winter storm warning issued for Jasper, Newton counties

(From the National Weather Service)

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS SOUTH OF U.S. 54 AND NORTH OF
  A LINE FROM BRANSON TO EMINENCE MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE GREATER
  I-44 AND MUCH OF THE U.S. 60 CORRIDORS FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
  MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND
  THEN CHANGE TO SLEET FROM NORTH TO SOUTH LATE TONIGHT INTO
  SUNDAY. ONE TO LOCALLY THREE INCHES OF SLEET WILL BE
  POSSIBLE...DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TIMING OF PRECIPITATION CHANGE
  OVER. A TRANSITION TO SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED LATER SUNDAY.
  SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ON TOP OF THE ICE AND
  SLEET.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH OF FREEZING RAIN
  IS EXPECTED ACROSS THIS REGION...MAINLY TONIGHT INTO EARLY
  SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY TRANSITION TO SLEET AND
  THEN SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH...WITH
  GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY MONDAY
  MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY LIGHT AND FLUFFY IN
  NATURE...AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW CAN BE
  EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE
  IN AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL.

* IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE TRAVEL
  ACROSS THE REGION DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING
  OF SNOW WILL MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS TO
  KEEP ROADWAYS CLEAR...ESPECIALLY EAST TO WEST ROADWAYS...WHERE
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE GREATEST. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES
  WILL RESULT IN A RISK FOR FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA FOR ANYONE
  WITHOUT PROPER SHELTER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE 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.