STERLING, Colo. — Heavy snows forced the closure of two major roadways in northeast Colorado.
Colorado State Patrol (CSP) said the eastbound lanes of Interstate 76 had reopened at 4 p.m. The lanes were closed from Sterling to the Nebraska state line at about 2 p.m. due to multiple crashes that were blocking lanes.
All of U.S. Highway 34 was closed from Brush in Morgan County to the Nebraska state line. According to a tweet, CSP said they expect to reopen the road 4:30 p.m. Multiple vehicles had slid off the road near the Washington and Yuma county lines earlier in the day, CSP Sterling said. Yuma County emergency dispatchers reported four inches of snow had fallen as of 12:30 p.m.
The National Weather Service (NWS) had received reports at 11 a.m. that more than 9 inches of snow had fallen just southwest of the town of Fleming in Logan County.
The counties of Sedgwick, Phillips, Logan, Yuma and Washington have been under a Winter Storm Warning since Thursday morning. The warning goes through 11 a.m. Friday.
In a bulletin from the NWS that came out at 1:30 p.m., forecasters said the area could get an additional 5 inches of snow.
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