The University of Kansas’ campuses will be closed because of snow on Wednesday.
That includes the Lawrence, Edwards and Leavenworth campuses, according to a message posted on the university’s homepage Tuesday afternoon.
Lawrence Public Schools will also be closed Wednesday. That will mark the district’s sixth inclement weather day. There were five in January — four related to nearly a foot of snow that hit the city just as winter break was supposed to be wrapping up, and one due to extreme cold.
Lawrence and northeastern Kansas could see 5 to 9 inches of snowfall Tuesday night into Wednesday afternoon.
In Lawrence, snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches Tuesday evening followed by 3 to 7 inches overnight are possible. The overnight low temperature is expected to dip to 21°, with wind gusts as high as 20 mph, according to NWS.
Wednesday’s high temperature won’t get much warmer than that, and overnight Wednesday into Thursday, the low in the forecast drops to 3°, with wind chill values between -5° and 0°. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Read more at this link.
We’ll post additional closures here as we receive word of them.
Other closures, delayed opens and service changes for Wednesday, Feb. 12:
Post last updated at 8:54 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12
• Lawrence Transit will be out of service on Wednesday. There will be no overnight on demand service Tuesday into Wednesday; the service will end at 11 p.m. Tuesday. Fixed route and paratransit service planned to resume as usual on Thursday, and on demand service begins at 8 p.m.
• The Lawrence Public Library is closed. The digital library is open 24/7.
• Douglas County government offices are closed, and the county commission’s meeting is canceled.
• Haskell Indian Nations University’s campus will be closed Wednesday. The Haskell dining facility will have a plan in place to ensure students have access to food, according to a post on the university’s Facebook page.
• Douglas County District Court will be closed.
• The Senior Resource Center for Douglas County will be closed. That includes Senior Wheels.
• Heartland Community Health Center, Panda Pediatrics and River City Pharmacy are closed.
• Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority is closed.
• All Lawrence Arts Center classes before 5 p.m. will be canceled; a decision about evening classes will be made by 2 p.m. Wednesday.
• LMH Health clinics will delay opening until 10 a.m. Wednesday. “Exceptions include Lawrence OB-GYN Specialists, Radiology, Treatment and Procedure Center, Surgery, Lawrence Surgery Center, Pain/Endoscopy and all other outpatient services—these areas will maintain normal hours of operation,” according to an email from a hospital representative. Parkinson’s class is also canceled Wednesday.
The hospital will waive fees for weather-related cancellations, according to the message. The hospital anticipates high call volume when phone lines open at 10 a.m., and LMH would remind patients they can reschedule or cancel appointments by texting their clinic’s main phone number.
• Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health’s office and clinic will open at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
• Bishop Seabury Academy will be closed.
• Corpus Christi Catholic School will be closed, and the school will communicate on Wednesday whether conferences for Thursday will be in person or virtual.
• Veritas Christian School will be closed.
• A screening of “It’s Basic” at Eudora High School will be rescheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 26. (Read more about that at this link.)
• Eudora schools will be closed.
• Baldwin City schools will be closed, and practices and activities are canceled. Parent-teacher conferences scheduled for Wednesday evening will occur virtually.
• Baker University will move all classes to a virtual format on Wednesday.
• Santa Fe Trail schools will be closed. Parent-teacher conferences will be held virtually.
• Basehor-Linwood schools will be closed.
• McLouth schools will be closed and activities will be canceled.
• Shawnee Heights schools will be closed, and parent-teacher conferences will be held virtually.
• The Kansas Judicial Center in Topeka will be closed. Court personnel will work remotely, but offices in the Kansas Judicial Center will be closed to in-person service.
• State office buildings in Shawnee County will be closed.
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Severe weather resources
Get warm in Lawrence:
• See this page for locations to get warm during the day and overnight, where to get help for pets and more.
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.
City of Lawrence snow info:
• The city has snow information and a map at lawrenceks.org/snow that shows information about road conditions and where snowplows have been. The city typically begins snow and ice control for residential roadways when 2 or more inches of snowfall or icing occurs.
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 Evergy’s emergency line, 800-383-1183, if above-ground lines are arcing or making contact with trees or vegetation. Call 911 immediately if overhead power lines are on the ground or a fire starts. Do not go near the line.
Highway conditions beyond Lawrence:
• KanDrive, an app and website from the Kansas Department of Transportation, has info on highway conditions statewide. KanDrive is available online at KanDrive.gov, and its app is available for download free on the App Store and Google Play.
Air quality:
• Check the current air quality index in Lawrence and elsewhere through AirNow, airnow.gov.
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