Winter weather advisory issued for Joplin area

(From the National Weather Service)

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BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-BENTON-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-HICKORY-CAMDEN-
BARTON-CEDAR-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-
WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-MCDONALD-BARRY-
STONE-TANEY-OZARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PAWNEE STATION...
CHICOPEE...LONE OAK...PITTSBURG...BAXTER SPRINGS...LOWELL...
RIVERTON...COLUMBUS...NEUTRAL...SHERWIN...STIPPVILLE...WARSAW...
WHITAKERVILLE...COLE CAMP...CROCKERVILLE...MORA...EDMONSON...
LINCOLN...NEVADA...TIFFIN...APPLETON CITY...JOHNSON CITY...
WEAUBLEAU...HERMITAGE...QUINCY...WHEATLAND...CROSS TIMBERS...
OSAGE BEACH...CAMDENTON...DECATURVILLE...ROACH...
VILLAGE OF FOUR SEASONS...KENOMA...LAMAR...CEDAR SPRINGS...
EL DORADO SPRINGS...FILLEY...ARNICA...CAPLINGER MILLS...
STOCKTON...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...CHARITY...FOOSE...MARCH...PLAD...
WINDYVILLE...OLIVE...LYNCHBURG...LEBANON...PLATO...ROBY...
BENDAVIS...HUGGINS...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...LOCKWOOD...
MEINERT...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...NORTHVIEW...SEYMOUR...
ROGERSVILLE...DAWSON...GRAFF...MOUNTAIN GROVE...DUNCAN...
MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON...MARIONVILLE...NIXA...
CHRISTIAN CENTER...OZARK...SELMORE...VANZANT...AVA...GOODHOPE...
ROME...SQUIRES...DOGWOOD...POMONA...POTTERSVILLE...
SILOAM SPRINGS...SOUTH FORK...WEST PLAINS...WHITE CHURCH...
ANDERSON...NOEL...GOODMAN...SOUTH WEST CITY...PINEVILLE...
ROCKY COMFORT...MONETT...MADRY...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...
CRANE...ELSEY...INDIAN POINT...SILVER DOLLAR CITY...BRANSON...
HOLLISTER...KIRBYVILLE...EDGEWATER BEACH...FORSYTH...
OZARK BEACH...POWERSITE...WASOLA
148 PM CST WED JAN 20 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND
FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST THURSDAY.

* TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLY MIXED AT TIMES
  WITH LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST THIS
  EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY
  MORNING. AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 49 COULD BE
  IMPACTED BY EARLY THIS EVENING THEN SPREADING EAST TO THE
  HIGHWAY 65 CORRIDOR BY MID EVENING.

* MAIN IMPACT...ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE VERY LIGHT BUT WILL
  PRODUCE A THIN GLAZE ON EXPOSED OBJECTS AND ROADS. A LIGHT
  DUSTING OF SNOW AND SLEET MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH ANY ACCUMULATION
  AROUND ONE HALF INCH OR LESS.

* OTHER IMPACTS...EVEN LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL CAUSE
  HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING INCLUDING THE THURSDAY
  MORNING COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTRY
PRECIPITATION INCLUDING FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS...AND USE CAUTION
WHILE DRIVING.