Light to occasionally moderate snowfall is expected through the rest of the day across the KVOE listening area.
Snow began around 8 am in Emporia and started sticking to roads about an hour later. TV-13 meteorologist Doug Meyers says we’ll get a dry, powdery snowfall through the day.
With that forecast, County Engineer Chip Woods says his crews will likely have to both treat roads with salt and sand and blade them off as well.
Intersections and residential streets are getting slick in Emporia. Crews are out at this time.
Several schedule adjustments are up now on the KVOE.com Closings and Cancellations page. On that list is the Polar Strut for Saturday, although the Polar Plunge itself is on as scheduled. Undersheriff John Koelsch encourages everybody to dress for the conditions if they are participating or observing the Special Olympics fundraiser.
For the Strut, Super Series participants are encouraged to register, run the route by Dec. 1 and call the Emporia Recreation Commission for race credit.
Other adjustments:
Schools and related activities
*Emporia High basketball at Topeka Seaman canceled Friday. Emporia High junior varsity bowling canceled
*USD 251 North Lyon County closed Friday. All activities canceled. Northern Heights basketball vs Hartford, Country 101.7 FM’s scheduled Area Game of the Week, will not be rescheduled
Higher Education
*Allen County Community College Burlingame campus closed Friday
Community
*Polar Plunge’s Polar Strut canceled. Super Series participants are encouraged to register for the Polar Strut, run the route by Dec. 1 and call the Emporia Recreation Commission for race credit
*Emporia Senior Center closing at 1 pm Friday. Friendship Meals will be served as scheduled
*Americus Township Library closed Friday
*Osage County Help House closed Friday
*Emporia PEO Council event at Emporia Country Club rescheduled from Saturday to March 2 at 10:30 am
Churches
*Emporia First Congregational Church’s Essential Pantry community meal canceled Saturday
Medical
*Newman Regional Health Cardiac Rehab closed Friday afternoon. Afternoon classes canceled
*Newman Regional Health Auxiliary volunteers do not need to report if they believe travel is unsafe
Government
*Lyon County District Court, Clerk of the District Court and Court Services offices closing at 2 pm Friday. Hearings scheduled at 2 pm will take place as scheduled
*Chase County District Court, Clerk of the District Court and Court Services offices closing at 2 pm Friday
Once the snowfall ends, we catch a break until our next storm comes in, bringing us a chance of very light snow and freezing drizzle for Saturday afternoon. There is also a slight chance of snow Monday and another chance of snow Tuesday.
Stay with KVOE, KVOE.com and KVOE social media for weather, travel and schedule adjustments through the next few days. Follow us on Twitter@kvoeam1400 or Facebook@kvoenews for instant alerts. If you have schedule adjustments, call KVOE at 342-1400 or email kvoe@kvoe.com.
8:45 am Friday: Light snow begins areawide
Expect two rounds of wintry weather over the next 48 hours.
The first one is currently impacting us through late afternoon, prompting winter weather advisories until 6 pm areawide. Up to 3 inches of snow is now expected in Emporia, with possibly higher totals to our northeast. To our south and west, Chase and Greenwood county residents could be dealing with 1-3 inches of a snow-freezing drizzle mix through the day, with any freezing drizzle set to develop by late afternoon.
Intersections and residential streets started to get slick around 9 am in Emporia. Crews are out at this time gauging road conditions before treating and/or blading.
Once the snowfall ends, we catch a break until our next storm comes in, bringing us a chance of very light snow and freezing drizzle for Saturday afternoon. There is also a slight chance of snow Monday and another chance of snow Tuesday.
Stay with KVOE, KVOE.com and KVOE social media for weather, travel and schedule adjustments through the next few days. Follow us on Twitter@kvoeam1400 or Facebook@kvoenews for instant alerts. If you have schedule adjustments, call KVOE at 342-1400 or email kvoe@kvoe.com.
5 am Friday: Light to moderate snow poised to impact area Friday
Light to moderate snowfall is likely for the KVOE listening area Friday.
TV-13 meteorologist Doug Meyers says snowfall should last almost all day.
Up to 3 inches of snow are expected in Emporia, with higher totals to our northeast. To our south and west, Chase and Greenwood county residents could be dealing with 1-3 inches of a snow-freezing drizzle mix through the day, with any freezing drizzle set to develop by late afternoon.
Winter weather advisories are currently underway until 6 pm areawide.
City and county crews will be on standby. According to Lyon County Engineer Chip Woods, county crews are freshly stocked up on treatment materials after the recent brush of wintry precipitation that impacted the area. He also tells KVOE News the combination of powdery snow and winds up to 20 mph will make it challenging to keep all county roads open.
City Street Supervisor Mike Dvorak tells KVOE News they are also good on treatment materials, however, if the winter weather persists getting salt may become a bit tougher.
Once the snowfall ends, we catch a break until our next storm comes in, bringing us a chance of very light snow and freezing drizzle for Saturday afternoon. There is also a slight chance of snow Monday and another chance of snow Tuesday.
Stay with KVOE, KVOE.com and KVOE social media for weather, travel and schedule adjustments through the next few days. Follow us on Twitter@kvoeam1400 or Facebook@kvoenews for instant alerts. If you have schedule adjustments, call KVOE at 342-1400 or email kvoe@kvoe.com.
