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    A large winter storm moved in over the nation's heartland on Wednesday morning and is expected to last until Thursday evening. The storm could bring feet of snow and ice from Colorado through Illinois.

    A man clears snow from the sidewalks around Friends University in Wichita, Kan., as heavy snow falls on Wednesday morning, Feb. 20, 2013.

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    A Lawrence Firefighter places wheel blocks as he prepares to extinguish a vehicle fire in Lawrence, Kan., Thursday. The car caught on fire trying to make it up a snow covered hill on Lawrence Avenue.

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    Stephh(: uploaded this photo and tweeted, "Good old North Dakota right here. #blizzard #icy pic.twitter.com/R71CypIH."

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    Motorist attempt to push a car back on the road in Wichita, Kans., Thursday.

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    A pedestrian crosses the street near the Country Club Plaza shopping district Kansas City, Mo., Thursday.

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    A wrecked car sits in the middle of US Highway 54 near downtown Wichita, Kan., as heavy snow falls on Wednesday morning. 

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    A student makes her way across the campus of Friends University in Wichita, Kan., as heavy snow falls on Wednesday morning. 

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    A St. Joseph Police officer removes snow from his vehicle while stopped on the Parkway near Mark Twain Elementary School Thursday in St. Joseph, Mo.

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    Frontier Airlines uploaded this photo of a snow-covered runway, tweeting, "Snow Day! Make sure to check flight status here: http://spr.ly/6013nu5U  before heading to the airport! pic.twitter.com/6BRUXwTblr"

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    A car is stuck in a ditch after spinning out on Interstate 70 East near Lake Saint Louis on Thursday.

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    SKYE Weather + Mobile app user koric1 uploaded this image of heavy snow in Shawnee, Kan., on Thursday.

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    Pedestrians make their way to work through the snow in downtown Wichita, Kansas, on Wednesday.

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    A city snow plow pusheds snow off of Zoo Blvd Thursday morning in Wichita, Kans.

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    A man walks in the snow, Wednesday, in Tulsa, Okla.  

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    SKYE Weather + Mobile app user mcgraw uploaded this image of heavy snow in Wichita, Kan., on Wednesday morning, writing, "Snow! Finally!"

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    Maecy Enger uploaded this photo and tweeted, "Several roads closed! #blizzard warning in effect ... just don't drive in #ND right now : ) pic.twitter.com/hJhjzT2B"

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    SKYE Weather + Mobile app user ruchir uploaded this image of heavy snow in Olathe, Kan., on Thursday.

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    A Delta aircraft is de-iced before takeoff at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport on Thursday. 

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    Ray Hughes pulls his grandson, Grant McMillen, 3, down an alley during a snow storm, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 in Salina, Kan. 

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    Plows clear Interstate 70 East near Lake Saint Louis on Thursday.

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    A woman walks through Central Riverside Park on a snowy Wednesday morning in Wichita, Kan., Feb. 20, 2013. 

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    An American Airlines flight arrives as sleet falls at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, on Thursday

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    Rachel Plath uploaded this photo and tweeted, "WOW! 17.5" of snow fell overnight at @MonarchMountain! #SWEET #GetMeOnTheSlopes pic.twitter.com/ivb9V9Of1X"