Gusty winds and slippery travel Wednesday morning

Gusty winds and snow covered roads are continuing to make travel hazardous Wednesday morning, after 1 to 3 inches of snow fell overnight.

Scattered to widespread power outages have been reported across the region, due to numerous wind gusts of well over 60 miles per hour since late Tuesday night. According to Evergy, approximately 3,700 customers were still affected by outages in Buchanan County as of 6:45 a.m. Wednesday, March 5.

A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for all of Northwest Missouri and extreme Northeast Kansas until 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 5. Additional snow accumulations of up to 1 inch and patchy blowing snow are anticipated across the advisory area. 

A High Wind Warning remains in effect through 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 5. Sustained winds of 35 to 45 miles per hour with gusts of up to 65 miles per hour remain possible through the warning period across all of Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas.