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Overview

An extremely narrow band of heavy snow developed during the early morning hours of February 25th. Snow totals in this narrow band ranged from 2 to 13 inches. This area of snow crossed both I-70 and I-135 which caused numerous traffic accidents.

Webcam on i-70 near Lincoln Hill mile marker 229 showing snow covered roads due to very heavy snow.

Photos & Video

Photos & Video

Photo taken by Leigh Marts @ltmarts of the snow band over north central Kansas

Snow update 9inches @NWSWichita @KWCHRoss pic.twitter.com/vfZZacKEck
— Damon Vonada (@vonada_damon) February 25, 2020

Whoa! Already 6" of snow â„ï¸ in Sylvan Grove and still coming down! ðŸ“¸ Haley Richards @NWSWichita #kswx #storm12 #kwch12 #snow @SnowHour pic.twitter.com/bSpD4Yjhgn
— Jake Dunne (@KWCHJake) February 25, 2020

GOES Satellite image highlighting the narrow snow band that impacted both I-70 and I-135 yesterday morning in central KS, with some isolated snow amounts in the band.

McPherson, Ks pic.twitter.com/CrkvJ4iebF — John Gardner (@JohntheGardner) February 25, 2020	This is crazy... both pictures from Eldorado... top picture at K-254 at Haverhill Road; the bottom picture from Woodland St at US-54. This is just under TWO miles and 5 minutes apart #kswx @KAKEweather @NWSWichita pic.twitter.com/bquMtf1Q6Q — Tony Laubach KAKE (@TonyLaubachKAKE) February 25, 2020	Truck in ditch. Another slide off as we passed south Mcpherson exit. He is out and on. We are going North to Lindsborg and snow is steady pic.twitter.com/eqso7PoYt8 — Craig Andres (@CraigAndresKSN) February 25, 2020
	Finally had time to look more closely at imagery of what produced that narrow band of heavy snow in #kswx (https://t.co/8VbyLwF5CX), and am transfixed by the synoptic-mesoscale evolution pic.twitter.com/6DKSXx19UT — Stu Ostro (@StuOstro) March 2, 2020