Saturday, February 16, 2019

Joplin Police Department provides update on street conditions

(From the Joplin Police Department)

(Note: This was posted at about noon.)

We are getting a lot of questions about road conditions. It’s not easy to give an “all clear”
or “shelter in place” recommendation to such a large area of roads with so many variables, so here is some hopefully helpful information:

1. Yes, emergency road conditions are still active. There have been crashes and slide offs today due to weather. (As of 11:30am)

2. Main roads are pretty clear. Center turn lanes are treacherous on those roads.










3. Side roads are pretty slick

Good news/bad news:

Good news: temps above freezing this afternoon, we are hopeful for all ice to be gone.

Bad news: MORE freezing precipitation after 6pm this evening and continuing tonight with expectations of the roads getting slick again for morning travel.

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