Winter storm weakens as it moves into Kansas
Photographer: KSHB
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Posted: 02/03/2012
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By: Associated Press
GOODLAND, Kan. (AP) - A winter storm has weakened as it moves into Kansas, but a 17-mile stretch of westbound Interstate 70 has been closed in the northwestern corner.
The Kansas Department of Transportation shut the westbound lanes from Goodland to the Colorado border Friday afternoon mainly because motels were filling up. Conditions were also expected to deteriorate, although KDOT's cameras showed only light snow by 4 p.m. CST.
The National Weather Service downgraded a three-county blizzard warning to a winter storm warning because conditions were less windy than expected. But the storm was still expected to reduce visibility to a half-mile in some areas into early Saturday.
The updated forecast calls for 7 to 10 inches of snow in northwestern and north-central Kansas, and as little as a dusting in eastern sections.
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