COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The Latest on a spring storm in Colorado (all times local):
7:30 p.m.
Road crews have reopened a stretch of Interstate 25 in Colorado that was closed because of blizzard conditions.
A fast-moving spring storm brought everything from blizzard conditions to thunderstorms to parts of Colorado early Friday, including the stretch of I-25 between Pueblo and the New Mexico border.
Blowing snow, low visibility and vehicles sliding off the road initially shut down about 400 miles of roads in southern and eastern Colorado.
The storm brought mostly light snow to Colorado’s mountains but more than a foot of new snow was reported in the San Juan Mountains. The Denver area got mostly rain while some thunderstorms developed close to the Kansas border.
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1 p.m.
A spring storm brought everything from blizzard conditions to thunderstorms to parts of Colorado.
Blowing snow, low visibility and vehicles sliding off the road initially shut down about 400 miles of roads in southern and eastern Colorado early Friday, including Interstate 25 between Castle Rock and Colorado Springs and Interstate 70 across the Eastern Plains. They re-opened but Interstate 25 was shut down in both directions from Walsenburg to New Mexico.
The storm brought mostly light snow to Colorado’s mountains but over a foot of new snow was reported in the San Juan Mountains. The Denver area got mostly rain while some thunderstorms developed close to the Kansas border.
The weather was also blamed for a power outage at the state motor vehicle headquarters which prevented offices from around the state from issuing driver’s licenses.
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9:45 a.m.
A spring storm brought everything from blizzard conditions to thunderstorms to parts of Colorado.
Blowing snow, low visibility and vehicles sliding off the road initially shut down about 400 miles of roads in southern and eastern Colorado Friday, including Interstate 25 between Castle Rock and Colorado Springs. It reopened but a closure of westbound Interstate 70 has been expanded from the outskirts of the Denver area across the Eastern Plains to Burlington.
The storm brought mostly light snow to Colorado’s mountains but over a foot of new snow was reported in the San Juan Mountains. The Denver area got mostly rain while some thunderstorms developed close to the Kansas border.
The weather was also blamed for a power outage at the state motor vehicle headquarters which is preventing offices from around the state from issuing driver’s licenses.
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8:25 a.m.
A spring storm has brought everything from blizzard conditions to thunderstorms to parts of Colorado.
Wet and blowing snow initially shut down about 400 miles of roads in southern and eastern Colorado Friday. Interstate 25 between Castle Rock and Colorado Springs was closed before southbound drivers were allowed to enter the roadway behind a plow and police escort. Interstate 70 from the outskirts of the Denver area to Limon (LY’-mun) remained closed because of blizzard conditions.
The storm brought mostly light snow to Colorado’s mountains but over a foot of new snow was reported in the San Juan Mountains. The Denver area got mostly rain and thunderstorms developed close to the Kansas border.
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7:35 a.m.
A spring snow storm has shut down highways in southern and eastern Colorado.
Interstate 25 between Castle Rock and Colorado Springs and Interstate 70 from the outskirts of the Denver area to Limon (LY’-mun) were among the roads closed due to the wet and blowing snow Friday. The Air Force Academy and many Colorado Springs area schools were also closed because of the weather.
The storm also brought snow to Colorado’s mountains but mostly rain to the Denver area.
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