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DENVER – A slow-moving autumn storm in areas of the Rocky Mountains and western plains has dumped as much as 28 inches of snow in Colorado, closed dozens of schools, delayed flights and left behind icy roads for the morning commute Thursday.
The storm spread a blanket of white from northern Utah's Wasatch Front to western Nebraska's northern border with South Dakota. Forecasters said some areas high in the Rocky Mountains could have 4 feet of snow by the time the storm moved out later Thursday.
It was the biggest October snowmaker in the Denver area since 1997, said Byron Louis, a National Weather Service hydrologist in Boulder, Colo.
DENVER – A slow-moving autumn storm in areas of the Rocky Mountains and western plains has dumped as much as 28 inches of snow in Colorado, closed dozens of schools, delayed flights and left behind icy roads for the morning commute Thursday.
The storm spread a blanket of white from northern Utah's Wasatch Front to western Nebraska's northern border with South Dakota. Forecasters said some areas high in the Rocky Mountains could have 4 feet of snow by the time the storm moved out later Thursday.
It was the biggest October snowmaker in the Denver area since 1997, said Byron Louis, a National Weather Service hydrologist in Boulder, Colo.