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Latest Update: Springfield Area Expecting 3-6 Inches

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 9 PM CST SUNDAY.

* TIMING...RAIN THIS EVENING WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW
  OVERNIGHT...THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY MORNING...WITH
  AREAS SOUTH OF I-72 TAKING THE LONGEST TO FULLY BECOME ALL SNOW.
  THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY
  SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS NORTH OF THE I-72
  CORRIDOR.

* WIND...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF UP TO 25 MPH SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING COULD CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

* IMPACTS...BEGINNING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...ROADS WILL BECOME
  SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS...AND LIKELY REMAIN THAT WAY
  THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. VISIBILITIES COULD BECOME POOR DUE TO
  THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
  AREAS AND OUT IN THE COUNTRY...BEGINNING SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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