The predicted snow hit Lawrence Thursday morning leaving several inches on the ground before noon, with more on the way.

photo by: Mike Yoder

A UPS truck gets pulled out of the snow after getting stuck along 9th Street near Mississippi St. Thursday morning. Several inches of snow had fallen on Lawrence well before noon.

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A couple heads up 9th Street in deep snow and a snowfall during today's winter storm in Lawrence.

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It was a snow day for many area school kids with school cancelled because of the snow. From left, brothers Kyle Miller 10, and his brother Gage Miller 12, play at 11th and Connecticut Thursday, February 21, 2013.

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Lawrence residents were greeted by 5 inches of snow by 10:30 am inches of snow Thursday February 21, 2013 as a major snow storm hit the area.

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A lone pedestrian crosses a snow covered street Thursday morning. Several inches of snow had fallen on Lawrence well before noon.

photo by: Richard Gwin

People help push a car at 11th and Massachusetts during a heavy snow Thursday February 21, 2013.

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City crews were out working the streets as Lawrence residents were greeted by 5 inches of snow by 10:30 am Thursday February 21, 2013.

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A city worker plows snow in downtown Lawrence early this morning.

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A driver wipes off his windows of his van on Massachusetts as Lawrence residents were greeted by several inches of snow Thursday morning.

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A customer leaves Starbucks coffee shop Thursday morning as the predicted heavy snowfall begins to cover Lawrence streets.

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A pedestrian takes careful steps in deep snow as she walks toward downtown Thursday morning. Several inches of snow had fallen on Lawrence well before noon.

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A driver sticks his head out the window of his car to see his way through an intersection. A mix of wet snow and cold made it hard to keep windshields clear in Thursday mornings heavy snow. Several inches of snow had fallen on Lawrence well before noon.

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The predicted heavy snowfall begins to cover Lawrence streets Thursday morning around 7 a.m. as a pedestrian makes her way across a street downtown.

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A few cars drive through downtown Thursday morning as the predicted heavy snowfall begins to cover Lawrence streets.

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A semi truck is stuck at 7th and Vermont St. during Thursdays snow storm.

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It was no paradise Thursday morning as Clint Wedel who lives at 700 Ohio shovels a path to his fire wood.

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Janet Ashburn, Lawrence, works on cleaning off her car at 10th and Rhode Island St. as 5 inches of snow had fallen by 10:30 am on Thursday February 21, 2013.

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Marvin Wall 8, took to the roof of his dads car trying to clean it off at 946 1/2 Rhode Island. School was cancelled because of heavy snows Thursday February 21, 2013.

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Guy Higbee, who works for O'Riley Automotive 906 N. 2nd changes wiper blades for a customer during a heavy snow fall on Thursday February 21, 2013.

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Jammie Cochran, Lawrence, carries his daughter Saveia, 18-months, up the hill at the KU Campanile for an afternoon of sledding Thursday with KU students and other Lawrence residents off from school and work. In Lawrence snow began falling just after 7 a.m. Thursday. As of 10 a.m., snowfall estimates in Lawrence were more than nine inches in some areas, according to the National Weather Service.

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Delta Gamma Society sisters from left, Krista Lind, Paige Ryan, Ellen Shannon, Jordan Dockery, push Ashley Parks in a laundry basket down the hill west of Memorial Stadium on Thursday February 21, 2013.

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KU students sled the slopes near the Campanile Thursday afternoon after a heavy snow fall Thursday afternoon. As of 10 a.m., snowfall estimates in Lawrence were more than nine inches in some areas, according to the National Weather Service.

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Seeing snow for the 1st time in Kansas, Martin Yanyachi 18, from Peru, enjoys a slide down Daisy Hill, on Thursday February 21, 2013.

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Daisy Hill was the place as from left, Erin Funk 18, Micky Chapman 18 and Debera Thompson 19, all KU freshman, enjoy an afternoon of sledding down Daisy Hill on the KU campus Thursday February 21, 2013.

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KU workers clear a long run of stair steps outside the Spencer Research Library Thursday afternoon after a heavy snow fall Thursday afternoon.

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Families and KU students headed to the slopes around the KU Campanile and Potters LakeThursday afternoon after a heavy snow fall Thursday afternoon. As of 10 a.m., snowfall estimates in Lawrence were more than nine inches in some areas, according to the National Weather Service.

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Two sledders exchange a sled against a slate gray sky Thursday afternoon near the KU Campanile. As of 10 a.m., snowfall estimates in Lawrence were more than nine inches in some areas, according to the National Weather Service.