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Posted on: January 18, 2016

[ARCHIVED] NWS Issues a Winter Weather Advisory for Tuesday, 19 January

.WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
6 AM CST WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING.A MIX OF LIGHT SLEET.SNOW.& FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM NW TO SE THIS AFTERNOON.
THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO MOSTLY SNOW TONIGHT.TAPERING OFF LATE TONIGHT.

* MAIN IMPACT.LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE AT THE ONSET OF PRECIPITATION.RESULTING IN A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE. AS PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO A MIX OF SLEET & SNOW & THEN ALL SNOW.ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED. THE HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS OF AROUND THREE INCHES ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS CNTL MO & THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS REGION.

* OTHER IMPACTS.GROUND & ROAD TEMPS ARE COLD FROM RECENT COLD WEATHER. ANY PRECIPITATION.EVEN VERY LIGHT AMOUNTS.WILL QUICKLY ACCUMULATE ON ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW.SLEET.OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS & LIMITED VISIBILITIES.& USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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