The worst of the winter storm has passed through Lawrence, but the area is likely to see rain and snow again later this week — this time accompanied by bitter cold temperatures.
As of Tuesday morning, “Main roads are mostly clear, thanks to the city’s tireless plow drivers, with some slick spots,” according to a tweet from the Lawrence Police Department, though some side streets still have a lot of snow on them.
But chances of precipitation later this week increased from 20% in the National Weather Service forecast on Monday to 70% Tuesday morning. Thursday evening and into Friday, the city could see more snow, possibly mixed with rain. The forecast also indicates that the chance of snow continues into the weekend.
City crews begin snow and ice control operations on residential streets only once accumulations reach 2 inches or more.
Where are the snow plows, and how are the roads? Here’s a map of snow response vehicles:
You can see the map getting updated anytime the snow plows are on the roads at lawrenceks.org/snow.
The map also includes traffic camera views of some intersections around town, though black ice is still a concern, and blowing snow can make it hard to see.
There’s also a map that shows some road temperatures and conditions. That’s available at this link.
Temperatures will likely hit a low around 12° Thursday night, Friday’s forecast shows a high of 18° and a nighttime low of 0°, and wind chills are expected to be very cold. Then the NWS expects it to get colder. Sunday night into Monday, the forecast shows a low of -9°.
“Morning wind chill values Friday into early next week could range between zero and 30 below, getting progressively colder through the weekend,” according to a hazardous weather outlook advisory from NWS.
See more weather resources at the links below.
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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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