Ice storm warning issued for Joplin, Jasper/Newton county area

(From the National Weather Service)

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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CHEROKEE-TEXAS-DENT-JASPER-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-
CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-SHANNON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BAXTER SPRINGS...LOWELL...RIVERTON...
COLUMBUS...NEUTRAL...SHERWIN...STIPPVILLE...PLATO...ROBY...
BENDAVIS...HUGGINS...LAKE SPRING...BANGERT...DARIEN...GLADDEN...
HOWES...JADWIN...SALEM...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...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...
TERESITA...WINONA...BIRCH TREE...MONTIER
121 PM CST THU JAN 12 2017

...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN
  MISSOURI AROUND OR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION
  WILL THEN EXPAND TO THE NORTH DURING THE MORNING FRIDAY.

  THE SURFACE FREEZING LINE WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTH DURING THE DAY
  FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...CAUSING SOME AREAS TO CHANGE FROM
  FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO HALF AN
  INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT...MAJOR IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE LIKELY AS ICE
  ACCUMULATES ON AREA ROADWAYS. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE
  MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO ICE ACCRETION. ICE ACCRETION ON TREES AND
  POWERLINES MAY RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT
ADD TO THE DANGER.