Here is the statement from the Weather Service on what to expect:
...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
TUESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
FREEZING RAIN LEADING TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE INCH ARE
EXPECTED FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ANDERSON
TO EMINENCE. SLEET WILL ALSO OCCUR THROUGHOUT THIS EPISODE OF
WINTER WEATHER.
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL COMMENCE OVER FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI
MONDAY EVENING...CONTINUING IN INTERMITTENT FASHION THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING. THIS WINTER STORM WILL EXIT EAST OF THE REGION
TUESDAY NIGHT.
SOME LOCATIONS OF FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI WILL EXPERIENCE HIGH
IMPACTS FROM THIS EPISODE OF WINTER WEATHER. SIGNIFICANT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS TREES AND POWER LINES
WILL CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. ROAD SURFACES WILL ALSO BECOME ICE
COVERED. INTERESTS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN MISSOURI ARE URGED TO
IMMEDIATELY PREPARE FOR THIS ICE STORM...AND MONITOR UPDATED
FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI.
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