PHOTOS: KC metro battles weird wintry mix

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – People across the metro battled everything from sleet to ice to freezing rain amidst claps of thunder Tuesday morning. Many shared photos of the odd weather with us on Twitter and Facebook.

Bonner Springs, Kansas.Photo by: Ron Busse

Photo by: Lisa Benson

Photo by: Pamela R Cresswell

Lake Tapawingo. Jill Hoffman told 41 Action News ice toppled a dead tree.Photo by: Jill Hoffman

Stormtracker was covered in ice from bumper to bumper after Steven Dial tracked road conditions all morning long.Photo by: Nick Kastelan

Photo by Cat Reid.

Bonner Springs, Kansas.Photo by: Tom Dempsey

Photo by: Marcia Conley

Grain Valley, Missouri.Photo by: Gloria Gramling

Kearney, Missouri.Photo by: Nicole Adams

Bonner Springs, Kansas.Photo by: Tom Dempsey

Kearney, Missouri.Photo by: Nicole Adams

Crews worked to clear ice from UMKC sidewalks even as students headed home for the day on an early dismissal.Photo by: Lisa Benson

Bonner Springs, Kansas.Photo by: Tom Dempsey

Roads were slushy near the Plaza Tuesday morning.Photo by: Steven Dial

Photo by: Whitney Beiler

Photo by Cat Reid.