Douglas County will likely see snow Sunday, and wind gusts up to 60 mph are expected.
The National Weather Service in Topeka issued a winter weather advisory, in effect through 8 p.m. Sunday.
Douglas County has a 73% chance of getting more than a tenth of an inch of snow — just enough to make streets slippery, according to NWS. Accumulations of 1 to 2 inches are possible but unlikely.
As of just before 11 a.m. Sunday, the forecast showed rain showers likely until 3 p.m., to be followed by snow showers into the evening.
Don’t miss a beat … Click here to sign up for our email newsletters
Click here to learn more about our newsletters first
High winds could bring down tree limbs and power lines. The winds also greatly increase fire danger.
In addition, “Blowing snow could reduce visibility below a quarter-mile at times,” according to NWS. “Plan on slippery road conditions.”
Overnight, the temperature is expected to drop to 14°, with wind chills as low as -4° possible continuing into Monday. Monday’s forecast shows a high of 32° and a low of 14° overnight going into Tuesday.
Temperatures are expected to bounce back to a high of 51° Tuesday, followed by a high of 73° Wednesday with lows of 41° and 46°, respectively.
See links below to severe weather resources, including how to check road conditions.
If local news matters to you, please help us keep doing this work.
Severe weather resources
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.
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.
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.
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.
Don’t miss a beat — get the latest news from the Times delivered to your inbox:
Click here to learn more about our newsletters first
This post is by the Lawrence Times news team.
If you have news tips, questions, comments, concerns, compliments or corrections for our team, please reach out and let us know what’s on your mind. Email us at Hello@LawrenceKSTimes.com (don’t forget the KS!), or find more contact info and a quick contact form at LawrenceKSTimes.com/contact.
Follow us so you won’t miss the local news that matters most to you:
