Travel Advisory Issued Ahead of Possible Winter Storm

Heavier freezing rain looks to move in Friday night and into the day on Saturday.

By Friday night, light freezing rain is expected in the southern half of the state, with some accumulation possible along the Interstate 70 corridor.

The National Weather Service said the incoming storm could have the potential to cause hazardous travel conditions and power outages. He says the ice accumulation will be along a line from Nevada to Lake of the Ozarks to the western suburbs of St. Louis. Stay tuned for the latest updates from the Nebraska Weather Network.

The main takeaway from the latest forecast is that the ice storm is expected to be widespread and could significantly impact travel across Missouri and eastern Kansas. Winds N 5-10 miles per hour. The dividing line between rain and ice is expected to fall roughly along the Interstate 44 corridor, Brown said, with areas north of the highway seeing freezing rain and areas to the south receiving liquid rain. Due to the amount of ice and precipitation it may be very hard for road crews to stay ahead of hazardous road conditions.

Out of all the forms of precipitation in the winter, freezing rain is the most risky.

MoDOT suggests drivers avoid travel Thursday night through Sunday. Winds will be from the north/northeast under 15 miles per hour with temperatures turning much colder in the low 20s with a wind chill falling to the single digits by Friday. The storm will produce a swath of freezing rain along a 1,000-mile swath.

After that point, Sieveking says the area of concern will experience waves of freezing rain until temperatures warm up.

Sunday, there is a 90 percent chance of freezing rain before 2 p.m., then rain is likely, according to the weather service.

“We trim about 4,000 circuit miles every year”, said Kevin Anders, Ameren’s Vice President of Operations and Technical Services.