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At a Glance

A winter storm brought snow from the West into the Plains and the upper Midwest.Strong winds also accompanied this system.

A winter storm spread snow and wind from the West into the Plains and upper Midwest as winter transitioned to spring.

The storm was named Winter Storm Pearl by The Weather Channel.

An area of low pressure brought to California's Sierra Nevada and then pushed eastward through the Plains and upper Midwest.

(MORE: Spring Is About to Begin, But Many Cities Typically Have More Snow Ahead)

Although this was a rather fast-moving storm once it left California, it produced impressive snow totals in the Rocky Mountain foothills just west of Denver. Totals as of Thursday evening included 23 inches near Nederland, 18.5 inches near Jamestown and up to 17 inches near Genesee.

Wind gusts over 50 mph have also been recorded in the High Plains of Colorado and western Kansas. Blizzard conditions were reported in parts of western Nebraska, including near Sidney and McCook. Roads were closed in parts of the southern Panhandle of Nebraska.

Much of the snow that fell in Colorado was in the form of large, wet snowflakes, leading to snowfall rates as high as 1 to 2 inches per hour.

Wind and snow contributed to hundreds of flight cancellations at Denver International Airport, including more than 80% of Southwest's flights for Thursday.

“The cancellations are 100 percent caused by the storm,” Southwest spokesperson Ro Hawthorne the Boulder Daily Camera.

Interstate 70 was closed Thursday afternoon in eastern Colorado and extreme western Kansas due to dangerous conditions. Interstate 80 was also closed in the Nebraska Panhandle.

Flagstaff, Arizona, picked up 14.5 inches of snow and Alta, Utah, saw up to 9.5 inches into early Thursday from this winter storm.

This system also brought to the Sierra Nevada.

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