After heavy winds and possible storms subside, Lawrence might see snow, and temperatures could drop to as low as 20° Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.
A wind advisory is in effect for Douglas County and much of northeastern Kansas Sunday evening until 10 a.m. Monday, with gusts up to 50 mph possible, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka. The gusts could make driving difficult, especially in high-profile vehicles, according to the advisory.
“Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible this evening and tonight, mainly across central Kansas. Damaging wind and small hail will be the main threat with any severe storms,” according to the advisory.
Thunderstorms are possible for Lawrence after 11 p.m. Sunday, and there’s a 90% chance of precipitation, according to the forecast.
Monday is expected to be partly sunny with a high of 66°, though rain and thunderstorms are possible after 5 p.m. The area could then see snow late Monday into Tuesday morning. Minor accumulations of up to half an inch are possible, “mainly near and north of Interstate 70,” according to the NWS.
Tuesday’s forecast showed a 40% chance of snow before 8 a.m., and an overnight low of 22° Tuesday going into Wednesday, as of Sunday evening.
After that, temperatures are expected to rebound. Wednesday’s forecast shows a high of 52°, with an overnight low of 30° into Thursday.
Thursday’s forecast showed a high of 66°, followed by temperatures in the 70s during the days Friday and Saturday and overnight lows nearing 50°, all expected to be mostly sunny and clear.
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Severe weather resources
National Weather Service local office (Topeka):
• Find the latest weather forecast info and severe weather advisories for the Lawrence area at this link.
• In the event of rapidly changing severe weather, such as tornadoes, the NWS posts frequent updates on Twitter, @NWSTopeka. You do not need a Twitter account to see tweets from NWS.
• NWS is also on Facebook, facebook.com/NWSTopeka.
• Call 785-234-2592 to hear the forecast.
Douglas County Emergency Management:
• Follow @DgCoEM on Twitter or Douglas County, KS- Emergency Management on Facebook, facebook.com/dgcoem.
• Sign up to receive emergency alerts at dgcoks.org/emalerts.
• Find lots of tips on severe weather and other emergency preparedness on DgCoEM’s website at douglascountyks.org/emergency-management.
• Report storm damage (for non-emergencies only, and after storm danger has passed) by calling the nonemergency dispatch line at 785-843-0250 or 785-832-7509.
Evergy outages:
• Check the status of power outages on the Evergy outage map, outagemap.evergy.com.
• Report a power outage at evergy.com/report-outage, or call 800-544-4857.
• For down powerlines, call 911.
City of Lawrence snow info:
• The city has snow information and a map at lawrenceks.org/snow that shows information about road conditions and snow plow locations. The city typically begins snow and ice control for residential roadways when 2 or more inches of snowfall or icing occurs.
Air quality:
• Check the current air quality index in Lawrence and elsewhere through AirNow, airnow.gov.
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