Frozen precipitation falling

Updated 8 a.m.

Frozen precipitation is already falling in Southeast Missouri. A small round of sleet passed through, covering roads. Forecasters expect the sleet and snow to turn to freezing rain, which should fall off and on throughout the day.

Most if not all schools, including Cape Girardeau and Jackson, have canceled classes.

Jackson Public Works started cindering roads at 5 a.m. In Cape Girardeau, crews began salting and plowing roads at 4 a.m. As of 7:35 a.m., they were still focusing on priority streets. Officials warned all roads are slick, and urged drivers to go slow or stay home if possible.

AmerenUE reported 125 people are without power as of 7:40 a.m. Wednesday in Cape Girardeau's 63701 ZIP code. Jackson public utilities had no reported outages.

From the National Weather Service:

...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY...

FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING AND

CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE DAY AND INTO

TONIGHT. THERE MAY BE SLEET AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW

INITIALLY...BUT THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE SHOULD BE

FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATION MAY REACH ONE QUARTER OF AN

INCH...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. EVEN THOUGH MANY ROAD

SURFACES MAY HAVE BEEN TREATED...DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS

COULD STILL DEVELOP.

THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION OVER TO MAINLY LIGHT

FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE VERY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AS

TEMPERATURES APPROACH 32 DEGREES.

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS AT LEAST ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE IS

EXPECTED TO GLAZE EXPOSED SURFACES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES

AND POWER LINES ALREADY STRESSED FROM THE LAST ICE...SLEET AND

SNOW STORM COULD QUICKLY LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES AND FALLING TREE

BRANCHES. TRAVEL COULD BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE REGION.

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