April 30th, 2017 spring storm drops snow near Cozad, NE. This is a look near I-80 and Highway 21.
A powerful spring storm is moving across Nebraska this weekend. The eastern part of the state saw mostly rain on Sunday,
while west of Kearney got snow.As of Sunday afternoon the 10/11 Weather team said over the last 48 hours Lincoln's seen 1.5 inches of rain, 3+ inches in Columbus and 2.5+ inches in York.
In Lincoln rain didn't stop the Old Cheney Farmers' Market from it's opening weekend. Although vendors told 10/11 there were notably less people who came out Sunday. Typically hundreds of people fill the market near 56th and Old Cheney, but by noon there were only a few dozen.
Nebraska 511 reported I-80 near Lexington was closed due to a jack knifed semi-truck around 2:00 Sunday afternoon. It reopened around 5:15pm. Traffic was rerouted onto the shoulder according to the Nebraska 511 Twitter account.
Nebraska 511 reported both Highway 23 and 83 were closed for several hours Sunday. Highway 23 reopened around 7:20pm in both directions south of Eustis after a semi-truck jack knifed. Highway 83 is also back between McCook to the Kansas state line, after crews cleaned up and fixed
downed power lines.
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