Snow, sleet, freezing rain, bitter cold heading for Joplin area

(From the National Weather Service)

ACCUMULATING WINTER PRECIPITATION THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...

...BITTERLY COLD LATE THIS WEEK INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...

ACCUMULATING WINTER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE
MISSOURI OZARKS AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
WHILE THE COLDEST AIR MASS OF THE SEASON OVERSPREADS THE AREA
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK.

A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA
DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY
EVENING BEFORE ENDING FROM THE WEST. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WITH
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

WHILE PRECIPITATION TYPE AND EXACT AMOUNTS REMAIN UNCERTAIN...THE
GREATEST IMPACT OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR TO BE OVER
FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI WITH THIS SYSTEM. FURTHER NORTH...SNOW WILL
BE MORE LIKELY...HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY BE LIGHTER. A
WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ACROSS
FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI FOR THE COMBINATION OF ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.

BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND WITH
ANOTHER CHANCE OF WINTER PRECIPITATION LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY. LOW TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS WITH WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF
NEXT WEEK.

REMEMBER THAT THE DETAILS REGARDING PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNTS
REMAIN UNCERTAIN. THEREFORE...STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION REGARDING THE UPCOMING WINTER WEATHER FROM YOUR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI.