Weather

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.

Air quality:
• Check the current air quality index in Lawrence and elsewhere through AirNow, airnow.gov.