![]() The power company expects more service interruptions as the storm continues. Just under 1,000 people were without power in the Casper area on Sunday. At one point overnight, service was interrupted to nearly 2,600 customers in Casper and Glenrock and 2,800 customers in Lander. Rocky Mountain Power in Wyoming has reported several outages. Nearly 32,000 Xcel Energy customers were without power Sunday in north-central Colorado, while smaller outages were reported in the same area by the Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association The center warned that avalanches could happen in unusual locations and recommended against traveling in the backcountry.Īn avalanche blocked Colorado Highway 14 in north-central Colorado on Sunday, the Department of Transportation said. The Northern Colorado Regional Airport that serves the Fort Collins and Loveland areas was closed Sunday morning after receiving a foot (30 centimeters) of snow, according to the airport’s social media accounts.Īn avalanche warning was in effect Sunday for the Rocky Mountains west of Fort Collins, Boulder, Denver and Colorado Springs where “intense snowfall will cause large and destructive avalanches,” Colorado Avalanche Center said. More than 19 inches (48 centimeters) of snow had fallen at the airport by 11 a.m. “Many flights have already been canceled so the runway closures have minimal impacts,” airport officials said in social media posts. Some government offices in those areas also will be closed Monday.Īt Denver International Airport, the runways were closed just before noon Sunday due to blowing snow and poor visibilities. Traffic from Interstate 80 was routed into nearby cities and towns.ĭenver Public Schools are taking a snow day on Monday, as will schools in Cheyenne and Casper in Wyoming. Nebraska’s transportation department asked people across the state to stay home to avoid strong winds and rain on the eastern side of the state and blizzard conditions in the west, the Omaha World-Herald reported. Interstate 25 was closed north from Fort Collins, Colorado, to its end at Buffalo, Wyoming while Interstate 80 was closed across southern Wyoming and into the Nebraska panhandle, where 19 inches (48 centimeters) of snow were reported just south of Gering, Nebraska. They were taking fuel out a can at a time to fill up generators on the trucks to keep their refrigerators or freezers running, he said. A SNOTEL site at Windy Peak in the Laramie Range reported 52 inches (1.3 meters) of snow in a 24-hour period ending Sunday morning, the weather service said.Ī person who answered the phone at the Love’s Travel Stop in Cheyenne, but declined to give his name, said 98 trucks were stranded there. “We had several plows drive off the roadway due to limited to zero visibility,” the agency said on its Facebook page.įarther south, a record of over 2 feet (61 centimeters) of snow had fallen just outside Cheyenne by noon Sunday, the weather service reported. The Wyoming Department of Transportation suspended plowing operations in the Casper area Sunday due to heavy snow and a lack of visibility, the agency said.
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