© Bo Rader/The Wichita EagleA Kansas Highway Patrol trooper comes to the aid of a motorist on the off ramp from I-235 to Zoo Boulevard. Numerous cars slid off the ice-covered ramp Tuesday morning with several cars getting stuck. Troopers closed the ramp until salt trucks could treat the road.
Closings, cancellations and accidents piled up with the snow in the Wichita area Tuesday as the latest in a series of winter storms dumped snow on the metropolitan area.
The Wichita public school district was one of several that have canceled classes today. Also canceling classes: Andover, Derby, Goddard, Haysville, Maize, Newton, Rose Hill, Valley Center and the Catholic Diocese of Wichita.
About 4 1/2 inches of snow had fallen at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport by 10 p.m. Tuesday.
National Weather Service meteorologist Eric Schminke said up to 1 1/2 inches more snow was expected overnight before tapering off after 6 a.m. today.
Wichita's parochial schools closed at 2 p.m. Tuesday and all USD 259 after-school and evening activities were canceled as the snow continued to fall.
Tuesday's storm came a week after a winter storm packing high winds, low temperatures and plenty of snow closed schools and made driving miserable for much of last week.