URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 912 PM CST WED JAN 14 2015 ...NARROW BAND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... .AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL RESULT IN A NARROW SWATH OF SNOW ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL BEGIN AS SLEET AND GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW. A BAND OF SNOW WILL QUICKLY SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AND WILL THEN END FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BRIEFLY BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES RESULTING IN RESTRICTED VISIBILITIES AND POOR ROAD CONDITIONS. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE CENTERED AROUND A JOPLIN TO SPRINGFIELD TO SALEM LINE...WITH AMOUNTS QUICKLY BECOMING LIGHTER THE FURTHER NORTH AND SOUTH ONE TRAVELS FROM THIS LINE. KSZ097-101-MOZ070-071-077-079>083-088>096-098-101>103-151115- /O.CON.KSGF.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150115T1200Z/ CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-PULASKI-PHELPS-BARTON-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS- DENT-JASPER-DADE-GREENE-WEBSTER-WRIGHT-NEWTON-LAWRENCE-CHRISTIAN- DOUGLAS-SHANNON-MCDONALD-BARRY-STONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSBURG...BAXTER SPRINGS...COLUMBUS... FORT LEONARD WOOD...WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...LAMAR...BOLIVAR... BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...CABOOL...SALEM...JOPLIN... CARTHAGE...GREENFIELD...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE... MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NEOSHO...AURORA...MOUNT VERNON... NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WINONA...EMINENCE...ANDERSON...PINEVILLE... MONETT...CASSVILLE...KIMBERLING CITY...GALENA 912 PM CST WED JAN 14 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY. * SHORT TERM TRENDS...AN AREA OF SLEET CONTINUES TO PUSH ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MISSOURI OZARKS THIS EVENING. THE SLEET WILL EVENTUALLY MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. A BAND OF SNOW WILL THEN OVERSPREAD THE ADVISORY AREA FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING. ROADWAYS WERE ALREADY STARTING TO BECOME PARTIALLY COVERED WHERE THE SLEET HAS ALREADY OCCURRED AND CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT FOR AREAS GENERALLY NORTH OF AN ANDERSON TO GALENA TO AVA TO EMINENCE MISSOURI LINE AND SOUTH OF A PITTSBURG KANSAS TO BOLIVAR TO LEBANON TO WAYNESVILLE MISSOURI LINE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO THREE INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO FOUR INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE CENTERED AROUND A JOPLIN TO SPRINGFIELD TO SALEM LINE...WITH AMOUNTS QUICKLY BECOMING LIGHTER THE FURTHER NORTH AND SOUTH ONE TRAVELS FROM THIS LINE. * VISIBILITY...THE VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED DOWN TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. LOCALIZED VISIBILITIES OF A HALF MILE OR LESS CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE OCCASIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY INTENSITY OF SNOW ALONG WITH THE FROZEN GROUND WILL RESULT IN RAPIDLY DETERIORATING ROAD CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL ALSO BE RESTRICTED RESULTING IN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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