Men work to pull a car out of the ditch off of westbound K-10 Highway on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Lenexa, Kansas. A winter storm dropped several inches of snow in the metro area leaving some roads slick and hazardous.
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The first major winter storm of 2024 is coming to an end across the Kansas City area, leaving behind several inches of snow as well as hazardous roads, strong winds and bitterly cold temperatures.
Preliminary snowfall totals show much of the Kansas City area received between 4 and 6 inches of snow from the storm, according a map of an analysis of local storm reports.
The first major winter storm of 2024 is coming to an end across the Kansas City area, leaving behind between 4 and 6 inches of snow across the metro, according to a map of an analysis of snowfall totals reported to the National Weather Service. Some areas reported higher snowfall totals, like 9 inches in Raymore, Missouri. Iowa Environmental Mesonet
Some areas saw more, including Raymore in Cass County, where a member of the public measured 9 inches of snow, according to the weather service.
Some of the higher amounts included an estimated 8 inches in Trenton, Missouri, 6 inches in Paola, Kansas, and 5 inches at Lake Waukomis.
This story was originally published January 9, 2024 at 8:13 AM.
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