Freezing rain advisory issued for McDonald County

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
121 PM CST THU JAN 12 2017

...FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND...

.CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING THAT FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS
MUCH OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI LATE TONIGHT...BEFORE SPREADING NORTH
INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS
WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL THEN CONTINUE ON A PERIODIC BASIS INTO
THE WEEKEND...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI...WHERE
TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDEST.

ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE LOCATION AND
EVOLUTION OF THE SURFACE FREEZING LINE...WHICH IS CURRENTLY
EXPECTED TO BE LOCATED NEAR THE ARKANSAS BORDER WHEN
PRECIPITATION BEGINS LATE TONIGHT. THE FREEZING LINE WILL SLOWLY
MOVE NORTH FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...WITH FREEZING RAIN CHANGING TO
RAIN AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. CONFIDENCE IN THE SPEED
OF THIS NORTHWARD PROGRESSION REMAINS QUITE LOW.

AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 60 WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF RECEIVING BETWEEN A TENTH AND QUARTER OF AN
INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. ALONG THE HIGHWAY 60 AND INTERSTATE
44 CORRIDORS...ICE AMOUNTS ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO TOTAL ONE
QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS PARTS OF EASTERN
KANSAS...WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN COLDEST FOR THE LONGEST
PERIOD OF TIME. ICE TOTALS ACROSS THIS AREA ARE CURRENTLY
EXPECTED TO BE IN EXCESS OF A HALF INCH.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT TEMPERATURE CHANGES OF JUST ONE DEGREE
COULD HAVE MAJOR IMPACTS ON FINAL ICE ACCUMULATION TOTALS...AND
FORECAST CHANGES ARE LIKELY AS TEMPERATURES ARE FINE TUNED.

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HOWELL-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE-TANEY-OZARK-OREGON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...THAYER...ALTON...COUCH...
GREER...THOMASVILLE...WILDERNESS
121 PM CST THU JAN 12 2017

...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON
CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A FREEZING
RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON
CST FRIDAY.

* TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE
  UNTIL ABOUT MIDDAY FRIDAY.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TRACE UP TO A TENTH
  OF AN INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* OTHER IMPACTS...MAJOR IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY AS ICE
  ACCUMULATES ON AREA ROADWAYS. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE
  MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICE ACCRETION.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.