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From The National Weather Service

.WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...RADAR RETURNS HAVE INCREASED OVER SOUTHEAST
  KANSAS...NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA...AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS THIS
  EVENING WITH SOME REPORTS OF VERY LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET. LIGHT
  SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET IN SOME AREAS WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST
  OVERNIGHT. WITH THE PRECIPITATION FALLING INTO DRY AIR IN THE
  NEAR TERM...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT...BUT A
  DUSTING WILL BE POSSIBLE ON AREAS CLOSE TO THE OKLAHOMA AND
  ARKANSAS STATE LINES THROUGH MIDNIGHT. AS WARMER AIR MOVES IN
  ALOFT...EXPECT THE PRECIPITATION TO TURN TO FREEZING RAIN AND
  SLEET SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM JOPLIN TO BRANSON BY 4-6 AM.


* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL
  CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT AND FOR MUCH OF THURSDAY
  ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS BEFORE
  ENDING FROM THE WEST. THE HEAVIEST OVERALL PRECIPITATION IS
  EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM 6 AM TO NOON.

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND
  SLEET WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM ONE TO FOUR INCHES...WITH THE
  HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 54 CORRIDOR IN
  CENTRAL MISSOURI. POCKETS OF HEAVY SLEET WILL OCCUR WITHIN
  ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.

* ICE ACCUMULATION...A TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION OF A THIN GLAZE TO
  ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED OVER AREAS NORTH OF THE
  HIGHWAY 60 CORRIDOR...WITH ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE
  EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 60 CORRIDOR.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH
  WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE ACROSS THE
  MISSOURI OZARKS   TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. TRAVEL COULD
  BECOME TREACHEROUS   DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE ON THURSDAY.

FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE ON ELEVATED OBJECTS INCLUDING
TREES AND POWER LINES. DAMAGE TO SOME TREES AND POWER LINES MAY
OCCUR ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 60 CORRIDOR...WHICH WOULD
RESULT IN LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES AND DEBRIS IN ROADWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF MIXED WINTER
PRECIPITATION  ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU. THIS KIT SHOULD
INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS...BOOSTER CABLES...A
FLASHLIGHT...SHOVEL...BLANKETS...EXTRA CLOTHING AND ANYTHING ELSE
THAT WOULD HELP YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED