Feb 19, 2020

UPDATE: Snow amount expected Wednesday decreased

Posted Feb 19, 2020 2:57 AM

UPDATED 7 a.m. Wednesday from the National Weather Service in Wichita: Rain is expected to develop in central Kansas during the afternoon, then change quickly to snow. The snow will spread south across the remainder of the area Wednesday night. Accumulations will generally be an inch or less roughly east of Interstate 35 (I-35, with one to two inches to the west of I-35. A narrow band of two to three inch snow is possible within the area roughly south of a line from Great Bend to McPherson and north of a line from Harper to Winfield. Flurries may linger near the Oklahoma border Thursday morning in southeast Kansas.

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UPDATED 9:55 p.m.: Snow is expected to develop Wednesday evening through Wednesday night across central and eastern Kansas, according to the National Weather Service (NWS) in Wichita. The amount of snow expected in our area has decreased.

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Rain is expected to mix with, then change to, snow Wednesday afternoon in central Kansas, according to the National Weather Service (NWS) in Wichita.

The change to all snow is expected late in the afternoon. The snow will spread south across the remainder of the area Wednesday night.

Accumulations will generally be an inch or less south of U.S. Highway 400, and between one and two inches north of U.S. Highway 400, NWS noted. A small band of two- to three-inch snow is possible roughly between Great Bend, Hutchinson, and Eureka, but this will depend on how quickly the rain changes to snow.

Flurries may linger near the Oklahoma border Thursday morning in southeast Kansas.