The tornado threat stretched across southern Iowa, northern Missouri and northwest IL – taking in St Louis and Des Moines.
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As many as 36.5 million people, from Colorado through OH and Texas through MI, are estimated to have been affected by the extreme weather system.
Plow trucks were said to have been working all morning, according to Alan Salyards. Snowfall totals are up to 10 inches in a few parts of Colorado, and four to six more inches are expected through Wednesday afternoon.
Rich Thompson, lead forecaster at the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, says officials are investigating reports of a tornado in southeast Nebraska, but it will not be confirmed until a survey team inspects the area.
Speaking about a semitrailer that flipped just west of Avoca, Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Mike Wesack said, “The driver says all he remembers is a dark cloud”.
Residents woke up to snow Wednesday morning.
Alan Salyards said truckers coming through his Flying J Travel Plaza near Big Springs on the Nebraska-Colorado border, didn’t seem especially concerned.
The National Weather Service sent crews to check out damage from a possible tornado along Interstate 80 near Avoca, Iowa, around 2 p.m.
Dozens of flights at Denver worldwide Airport were canceled due to the weather, but the airport said it is in “good shape”.
Blizzard conditions barreled Nebraska and Kansas and Plains braced for snow and potential tornadoes Tuesday on Wednesday on the heels -degree. There were no major delays. Meteorologists said to expect sustained winds around 35 miles per hour and gusts of up to 60 mph, according to TWC.
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Winter weather came a little early to western Nebraska today as severe storms hit southeastern Nebraska. “We always try to keep prepared for the winter, keeping extra water on hand and checking the heaters”, owner Patricia Prescott said.
