Winter weather advisory for Joplin area, 1 to 3 inches of snow expected

(From the National Weather Service)

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
406 PM CST WED JAN 14 2015

...NARROW BAND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...

.AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL RESULT IN A NARROW
SWATH OF SNOW ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. A BAND OF SNOW WILL QUICKLY SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS
THE REGION THIS EVENING AND WILL THEN END FROM WEST TO EAST LATE
TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BRIEFLY BE MODERATE
TO HEAVY AT TIMES RESULTING IN RESTRICTED VISIBILITIES AND POOR
ROAD CONDITIONS. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE CENTERED AROUND A JOPLIN TO
SPRINGFIELD TO SALEM LINE...WITH AMOUNTS QUICKLY BECOMING LIGHTER
THE FURTHER NORTH AND SOUTH ONE TRAVELS FROM THIS LINE.

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CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-
DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-
DOUGLAS-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSBURG...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS...
FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...BOLIVAR...
BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN...
CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...
MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...
NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...
MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA
406 PM CST WED JAN 14 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM
CST THURSDAY.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...A BAND OF SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE ADVISORY
  AREA FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE
  SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR EARLY THIS
  EVENING AND THEN REACH THE EASTERN MISSOURI OZARKS FROM MID TO LATE
  EVENING. THERE MAY BE IMPACTS TO AREA ROADWAYS TOWARDS THE TAIL
  END OF THE EVENING COMMUTE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
  MISSOURI.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS
  EVENING AND OVERNIGHT FOR AREAS GENERALLY NORTH OF AN ANDERSON
  TO GALENA TO AVA TO EMINENCE MISSOURI LINE AND SOUTH OF A
  PITTSBURG KANSAS TO BOLIVAR TO LEBANON TO WAYNESVILLE MISSOURI
  LINE.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO THREE INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS
  UP TO FOUR INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE
  CENTERED AROUND A JOPLIN TO SPRINGFIELD TO SALEM LINE...WITH AMOUNTS
  QUICKLY BECOMING LIGHTER THE FURTHER NORTH AND SOUTH ONE TRAVELS
  FROM THIS LINE. THE LOCATIONS OF THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS MAY
  BE ADJUSTED THIS EVENING AS THIS BAND OF SNOW BEGINS TO
  MATERIALIZE.

* VISIBILITY...THE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED DOWN TO LESS THAN A
  MILE AT TIMES. LOCALIZED VISIBILITIES OF A HALF MILE OR LESS CAN BE
  EXPECTED WITHIN AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW.

* IMPACTS...THE OCCASIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY INTENSITY OF SNOW
  ALONG WITH THE FROZEN GROUND WILL RESULT IN RAPIDLY
  DETERIORATING ROAD CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL
  ALSO BE RESTRICTED RESULTING IN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING
  CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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