The Missouri Department of Transportation said it’s had crews out monitoring road conditions across northwest Missouri.

“We’ve had crews out all night monitoring road conditions and treating as needed in various areas throughout our 20 county region,” said Marcia Johnson, MoDOT Communications Specialist.

As of 8:30 a.m. the MoDOT traveler information map showed several roads in the area as mostly clear or partially covered.  Around 7 a.m. area law enforcement agencies began warning drivers about slick driving conditions with heavy ice covering several highways in the region.  The Nodaway County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook its had several reports of slide offs resulting in roll over accidents.

“Remember to drive slow and be vigilant behind the wheel of your car,” the Sheriff’s office said.

Johnson said MoDOT crews are prepared for the winter conditions.

“We have salt, we have sand, we have beat juice that we use, we have salt brine that we use it depends on the air temperature, road temperature conditions what stuff we use,” Johnson said. “If it’s a mix of rain with the freezing rain that changes the way we treat because it will wash the material off the roadways.  It just depends on what’s happening in that location at the time what we use.”

The National Weather Service issued a freezing rain advisory for several counties in northwest Missouri and northeast Kansas until Saturday at 6 a.m.

Johnson said crews will continue to monitor the roadways and update MoDOT’s traveler information map on conditions.

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