Strong winds, snow headed for Springfield/Branson area

(From the National Weather Service)

STRONG WINDS AND SNOW EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
LATE TONIGHT AND THEN TRACK EAST ACROSS THE ARKLATEX REGION ON
SUNDAY. AS THIS OCCURS...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP SOUTH
THROUGH THE AREA FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. RAIN WILL
CHANGE TO SNOW BEHIND THIS FRONT WITH STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY
WINDS DEVELOPING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING ALONG THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF THE OZARK PLATEAU ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS. LOCALIZED
AMOUNTS BETWEEN 4 AND 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN DENT AND
NORTHERN SHANNON COUNTIES. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR ON
GRASSY SURFACES...HOWEVER ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED WHERE
HEAVIER SNOW FALLS. ADDITIONALLY...THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING
SNOW WILL REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

MOZ058-070-071-079>083-090>092-095>098-104-105-161000-
/O.NEW.KSGF.WW.Y.0009.140316T1200Z-140317T0000Z/
MARIES-PULASKI-PHELPS-POLK-DALLAS-LACLEDE-TEXAS-DENT-GREENE-
WEBSTER-WRIGHT-CHRISTIAN-DOUGLAS-HOWELL-SHANNON-TANEY-OZARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VIENNA...FORT LEONARD WOOD...
WAYNESVILLE...ROLLA...BOLIVAR...BUFFALO...LEBANON...HOUSTON...
CABOOL...SALEM...SPRINGFIELD...MARSHFIELD...ROGERSVILLE...
MOUNTAIN GROVE...MANSFIELD...NIXA...OZARK...AVA...WEST PLAINS...
WINONA...EMINENCE...BRANSON...FORSYTH...GAINESVILLE...THEODOSIA
353 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY.

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF
  THE INTERSTATE 44 CORRIDOR AND ALONG AND EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 65
  CORRIDOR ON SUNDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH
  THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE
  OZARK PLATEAU ACROSS THE EASTERN OZARKS. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS
  BETWEEN 4 AND 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN DENT AND NORTHERN
  SHANNON COUNTIES. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR ON GRASSY
  SURFACES...HOWEVER ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED WHERE
  HEAVIER SNOW FALLS.

* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH
  WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS WIND ALONG WITH
  THE FALLING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A HALF MILE OR
  LESS AT TIMES.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE
  TRAVEL DIFFICULT ON SUNDAY DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES ALONG
  WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.