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Overview

A couple of mainly upper level systems brought some light, but impactful Wintry precipitation to parts of the Missouri Ozarks from Tuesday January 19th - Thursday January 21st, 2016.

The first of these systems brought some light freezing drizzle, which only measured a couple hundredths or less of precipitation, but caused major traffic and accident problems across the area during the rush hour on Tuesday. 

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Traffic and accident problems due to freezing drizzle
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The science behind this event's freezing drizzle Jan 19th, 2016 3 PM Surface Chart Jan 21st, 2016 3 AM Surface Chart

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