(From the National Weather Service)
MORE ACCUMULATING WINTRY PRECIPITATION ON THE WAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO FREEZING RAIN...TO SLEET AND THEN SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. ONLY A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCRETION IS EXPECTED BEFORE FREEZING RAIN TRANSITIONS OVER TO SLEET AND SNOW. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ON WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI. A HALF INCH OR MORE OF SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...ALONG WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. FURTHER NORTH AND WEST IN THE ADVISORY AREA...LESSER AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED...WITH TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR. THE EXACT TIMING OF PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS REMAINS A CHALLENGE...AND WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON EVENTUAL FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW TOTALS. AS A RESULT...ADDITIONAL UPDATES ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. KSZ097-101-MOZ057-058-068>071-077>081-088>090-093-094-101-102- 041200- /O.NEW.KSGF.WW.Y.0010.150304T0600Z-150305T1200Z/ CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-MILLER-MARIES-HICKORY-CAMDEN-PULASKI-PHELPS- BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-NEWTON- LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-BARRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSBURG...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS... ELDON...LAKE OZARK...VIENNA...HERMITAGE...OSAGE BEACH... CAMDENTON...FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR... EL DORADO SPRINGS...STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON... JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA... MOUNT VERNON...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE...MONETT...CASSVILLE 334 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE GREATER INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR...FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE UP TO HALF INCH OF SLEET...ALONG WITH TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW. THE LOWEST SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE ADVISORY AREA. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE TO FIVE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY...MODERATE SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...A COMBINATION OF SLEET...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE TRAVEL IMPACTS ACROSS THE AREA STARTING LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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