Winter weather advisory issued for Joplin area

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
1000 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

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ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR-JASPER-DADE-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-MCDONALD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIFFIN...APPLETON CITY...JOHNSON CITY...
KENOMA...LAMAR...CEDAR SPRINGS...EL DORADO SPRINGS...FILLEY...
ARNICA...CAPLINGER MILLS...STOCKTON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...
GREENFIELD...LOCKWOOD...MEINERT...NEOSHO...AURORA...
MOUNT VERNON...MARIONVILLE...ANDERSON...NOEL...GOODMAN...
SOUTH WEST CITY...PINEVILLE...ROCKY COMFORT
1000 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET...SNOW...AND FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO A MIXTURE OF SLEET...SNOW...AND
  FREEZING DRIZZLE FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
  MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL THEN PERSIST INTO LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

* MAIN IMPACTS...LIGHT SNOW AND ICE PELLET ACCUMULATIONS OF A
  HALF INCH OR LESS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. A VERY
  THIN GLAZE OF ICE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ON ELEVATED AND EXPOSED
  SURFACES. SLICK SPOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON AREA ROADWAYS.

* OTHER IMPACTS...DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR OCCASIONAL SLICK
  SPOTS ON AREA ROADS. IN ADDITION...PRECIPITATION TYPE... AND
  ASSOCIATED IMPACTS...COULD CHANGE QUICKLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES.

  ADDITIONALLY...WIND CHILLS WILL FALL THROUGH THE TWENTIES AND
  INTO THE UPPER TEENS BY SUNSET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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