City employee Howard Clark mixes sand and salt Tuesday morning. Lawrence city crews were applying the mixture to streets in preparation for possible snow throughout the day.

UPDATE: The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a winter weather advisory warning of snow and freezing rain beginning at about 6 p.m. today. The weather service is predicting one to four inches of snow will fall in northeast and east central Kansas between 6 p.m. today and 6 p.m. Thursday. The forecast calls for light snow to begin by the early evening and to gain strength overnight. By early morning Thursday, snow is expected to transition into a light freezing drizzle.

Motorists heading out on Wednesday morning commutes should be alert to possible new hazards after Tuesday’s freezing rain and light snow led to numerous accidents in Lawrence and Douglas County.

Bryan Baerg, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Topeka, said there was a possibility of fog and freezing fog Wednesday morning in the Lawrence-Topeka area.

“That’s the next concern,” he said.

On the positive side, the snow that followed midday Tuesday’s freezing rain had moved out of the area. Baerg said. Wednesday would be dry but cold before another round of snow moves in early Thursday morning.

Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Kristen Dymacek cautioned drivers to go slow and give themselves extra time on morning commutes.

“County and KDOT road crews have done a good job, but at this point roads are still slick and there will be refreezing overnight,” she said.

Wa Restaurant sushi chef Jay Han, spreads salt on the sidewalk in front of the business at 740 Mass. St. during a freezing drizzle Tuesday afternoon.

Dymacek said she was not aware of any serious injuries from the numerous accidents that started popping up once the freezing drizzle began at about noon Tuesday. Accidents were reported all over the county, but Kansas Highway 10, Highway 56 and North 1800 Road, commonly called the Farmer’s Turnpike, saw multiple incidents, she said.

“We’ve seen several accidents and slide-offs due to the freezing rain and mist,” she said. “There were one or two with some minor injuries, nothing life threatening, but most were without injury.”

The accidents reduced in rate in the evening hours when the snow moved to the east, Dymacek said.

Baerg said the temperatures in Lawrence should start the morning in the low teens before warming to the low 30s in the afternoon. Lawrence can expect a cloudy morning with some afternoon sunshine, he said.

Another round of snow is expected to pass through the area starting shortly after midnight Thursday and continuing into the afternoon, Baerg said.

“We may see 1 to 2 inches in the Topeka-Lawrence area,” he said. “Central Kansas will see more snow with 2 to 4 inches possible. We won’t see the freezing rain. Tuesday’s ice was kind of a unique event.”

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