If you’re headed out to a holiday event tonight, be careful – law enforcement officials have reported more than 50 accidents today in the Lawrence area since the snow started falling early this morning. And the snow will start to pick up in intensity tonight says Jennifer Schack, 6News meteorologist.

“There are a lot of Christmas parties tonight,” Schack said. “Be careful if you’re out on the roads.”

Schack said Lawrence had already seen about two inches on the ground by 6 p.m., with higher amounts expected later tonight. The snow will pick up in intensity about 9 p.m., creating visibility problems on the roadways, she said.

“When its all over, we still expected around four to six inches in Douglas County,” she said. Higher amounts are expected to the west of Lawrence in Manhattan and Salina, which could get up to 10 inches, she said.

According to 6News, many accidents were reported throughout the area during the day, including one that occurred between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. on U.S. 24-40 just west of Tonganoxie, when an SUV carrying 10 people rolled over, injuring at least one person seriously, according to Douglas and Leavenworth counties’ law enforcement reports.

Douglas County law enforcement offices have reported there have been 57 non-injury accidents throughout the county today, including 46 in Lawrence. There were also seven injury accidents in the county, including five in Lawrence, although none of them were life threatening, officials said.

At 6 p.m., Lawrence’s temperature was 25 degrees, with a windchill factor of 15 degrees, Schack said.

The Lawrence area is in a snow advisory through 6 a.m., which means conditions can become slick for travelers. Overnight, the temperature will drop off to a low of 20 degrees by early Sunday morning, Schack said.

The following are snow reports received by the National Weather Service through 4 p.m. from portions of east central, north central and northeast Kansas.

¢ Brown County – two to three inches.

¢ Clay County – five to six inches.

¢ Cloud County – around four inches.

¢ Coffey County – dusting.

¢ Dickinson County – four to five inches.

¢ Douglas County – one to two inches

¢ Geary County – around six inches.

¢ Jackson County – three to four inches.

¢ Jefferson County – three to five inches.

¢ Lyon County – two to three inches.

¢ Marshall County – around four inches.

¢ Morris County – four to six inches.

¢ Nemaha County – three to four inches.

¢ Osage County – three to four inches.

¢ Ottawa County – four to five inches

¢ Pottawatomie County – three to four inches.

¢ Republic County – around one inch.

¢ Riley County – around four inches.

¢ Shawnee County – two to three inches.

¢ Wabaunsee County – four to five inches.

¢ Washington County – around four inches.