Ice storm warning still in effect for Joplin area

(From the National Weather Service)

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
331 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2017


KSZ101-MOZ082-083-088-090>096-098-132100-
/O.CON.KSGF.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170115T0000Z/
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
331 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2017

...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY...

* TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND
  INTENSITY ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND FAR SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS
  THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING...AND SPREAD NORTH INTO THE REMAINDER
  OF CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS DURING THE MORNING
  HOURS.

  THE SURFACE FREEZING LINE WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTH LATE TODAY
  INTO SATURDAY...CAUSING SOME AREAS TO CHANGE FROM FREEZING RAIN
  TO RAIN.

  FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST MUCH OF TODAY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 60
  AND INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDORS AND MAY REMAIN BELOW FREEZING IN
  SOME AREAS THROUGH SATURDAY.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE QUARTER TO
  HALF AN INCH IS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY.

  ICE COULD ACCUMULATE QUICKLY THIS MORNING IN THE HEAVIER
  SHOWERS.

* 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...

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.