TOPEKA -Spring storms moving across Kansas this weekend brought a variety of weather issues.
The Kansas Division of Emergency Management activated the State Emergency Operations Center in Topeka on Sunday afternoon to a partial level in response to the severe winter storm system affecting the western region of the state and flooding in southeast Kansas.
The Kansas Department of Transportation reopened Interstate 70 at 5 a.m. Monday. Other roads in many areas of western Kansas remained closed.
The National Weather Service reported 17 inches of snow in Thomas County including the city of Colby; Stanton County 16 inches; Scott City and portions of Greeley County 15 inches; Rawlins County, Morton and Grant County 14 inches of snow.
Photos taken this afternoon in Moscow, Kansas. Thanks to Jennifer Owens for sharing to our Facebook page! (https://t.co/B99MyvUT5S) pic.twitter.com/dx1fW07Vji
— KDEM (@KansasEmergency) April 30, 2017
Workers restored power to the city network in Garden City late Sunday afternoon. Localized outages still exist in Finney and other areas of southwest Kansas.
Officials opened Horace Good Middle School in Garden City as an emergency shelter for those in Finney County were still without power or are stranded and unable to get home.
In addition to the snow, officials in three counties in eastern Kansas had flooding.
A blizzard is forcing road closures across Western KS as a different scene unfolds in SE KS. Photo from Adam R. Smith in Frontenac #kswx pic.twitter.com/lc2Ca7Wra5
— KDEM (@KansasEmergency) April 30, 2017
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TOPEKA -Spring storms moving across Kansas this weekend brought a variety of weather issues.
The Kansas Division of Emergency Management activated the State Emergency Operations Center in Topeka on Sunday afternoon to a partial level in response to the severe winter storm system affecting the western region of the state and flooding in southeast Kansas.
At 6 p.m. Saturday, Governor Brownback declared a state of emergency in 13 western Kansas Counties and four more in southeast Kansas.
Clearing the snow so I could get enough traction to pull this guy out. https://t.co/Dmq3JItGP2 pic.twitter.com/2lRDMPGPvs
— MatthewLobmeyer (@lobiwan512) April 30, 2017
Early Sunday, the Kansas Department of Transportation closed Interstate 70 in Trego County and then at Hays.
That followed with multiple roads and highways in western Kansas closed due to heavy snowfall and blizzard-like conditions that made them impassible.
A large area of southwest Kansas experienced a major power outage due to the winter weather according to police in Garden City.
Finney County Emergency Management was set to open shelters. The city of Colby declared a snow emergency, according to Thomas County Emergency Management. Officials reported up to 17 inches of snow.
In addition to the snow, heavy rains caused flooding and flash floods in southeast Kansas.