Winter Storm Q

[Rolan Duffield]

It started snowing here in KC about 6:00am. By 9:00am we had at least 8". It was coming down at the rate of 2-4" per hour. Also had some thundersnow. Basically it snowed so hard and came down so fast that the city was paralyzed. Many accidents.

As of 6:00 this evening the news reported that Overland Park has received 13.5" and Olathe 12."

they're expecting another 2-4" tonight and another round early next week. We do need the moisture.

I'm staying in.

[strangercreek]

I'm supposed to head from the KC area to Girard, KS for work tomorrow morning, not sure I'm going to do it

[ness]

Man, it's a mess here. Just snow -- no ice. Not sure of our total count but it's 10 inches or more. I'm on the west edge of town and work in the southeast part. It started snowing on the way to work around 7 AM and by the time I left at 11 is was a mess at probably 8 inches. No time for the plows to get ahead of things, and any prep they did got buried. I took a round about way home trying to get to plowed roads as quick as I could, plus I'd offered to take a friend to her husband's work to help them out. Cars and semis off everywhere, cars going the wrong way on the highway, exit ramps blocked. Every hill or stop light was a big chance to get stuck. Dozens of cars stuck turning off the main roads into neighborhoods. Worked my way back up to 435 only to find people backing down the entrance ramp because they couldn't make it up. Worked out good because they announced it was closed a few exits up anyway. Stayed at a dead stop for over an hour on 119th street while they cleared something up ahead. Got through that about 1:30 and it had stopped snowing. It was almost a ghost town by then. Rolled into my neighborhood about 2. Ground to a halt in ~foot deep snow just outside my driveway -- plow hadn't been through. Neighbors dug and pushed me the last 20 feet.

It's been snowing for at least a couple hours now. Can't really tell how much, but my car is covered in a few inches.

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[moguy1973]

Ended up with 5" of snow and sleet here in this part of STL. Roads are a mess. They are closing parts of the major interstates for hours at a time so they can plow and clear them by tomorrow's rush.

[ness]

Official reading in from accuness weather -- 12 inches. Sposta be getting some ice on top. Yippee.

[Wayne SW/MO]

We got very little ice here and that was my biggest fear, that we would lose power. Other than that it didn't really cover the ground completely because the wind blew what was mostly sleet into the lower areas. I had 3/4 to 1" on my deck, but it's mostly airy ice.

[laker67]

About 2 inches of sleet at loz. Looks like another possible go round from rocky on monday.

[stlfisher]

I had 1 inch of solid sleet, 3 inches of snow and then freezing rain to top everything off. This morning everything was pretty icey, but the main roads were fine for me....yesterday took me about and hour and half, but I left before it got really bad.

Lot's of people complaining to MODOT about the roads, but people were warned to stay home. It seems like everyone waits until it starts getting bad then everyone leaves to go home at the same time. Traffic piles up and MODOT can't plow the roads.

[Jerry Rapp]

it is February. It snows, it sleets, it ices. Will every tornado or severe thunderstorm this spring get a name? Unbeleivable how bad weather gets so much media attention.