...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
9 AM CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI
OZARKS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 60...OR A JOPLIN TO
EMINENCE LINE FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING.

A WINTRY MIX COULD IMPACT AREAS AS FAR NORTH AS A FORT SCOTT
KANSAS TO SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI LINE BY THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE
THEN OVERSPREAD THE AREA DURING THE EVENING.

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE
HALF TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS
WITH LOCALIZED TOTALS NEAR TWO INCHES POSSIBLE WILL GENERALLY
OCCUR ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM FORT SCOTT KANSAS TO
LEBANON MISSOURI. SLEET MAY BE MIXED WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE LATE TONIGHT AND
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING MAY RESULT IN A VERY LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE.

* VISIBILITY...THE VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ONE HALF MILE
IN BANDS OF HEAVIER SNOW.

* IMPACTS...THE WINTRY MIX WILL IMPACT TRAVEL ESPECIALLY ON
BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND SECONDARY OR UNTREATED ROADS. BE ALERT
FOR THE POTENTIAL OF DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING COMMUTE. IMPACTS TO TRAVEL WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. TRAVEL CONDITIONS
COULD VARY CONSIDERABLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES GOING FROM WET TO
ICE AND SNOW COVERED OVER SHORT DISTANCES.