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.
Inside Joplin features news and commentary about Joplin, Missouri, and the surrounding area, including Webb City, Carl Junction, Carthage, Sarcoxie, Neosho, Granby, Seneca, Diamond, Lamar, Golden City, Liberal, Anderson, and Pineville, with information about Jasper, Newton, Barton, and McDonald counties.
Friday, January 13, 2017
Ice storm warning still in effect for Joplin area
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