On Saturday at 4:13 p.m. the National Weather Service issued an updated blizzard warning valid from Sunday 3 a.m. until Monday 3 a.m. The warning is for Atchison, Doniphan, Leavenworth, Holt, Andrew,

The airport closure lasted only about two hours, but it came amid warnings of a major winter storm in the Kansas City area, with the National Weather Service forecasting blizzard conditions starting Saturday afternoon and lasting into Monday.

Blizzards and heavy snow will affect the Central Plains and Ohio Valley, with freezing rain and outages in the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys. Severe storms, including tornado risks, threaten the Lower Mississippi Valley,