DENVER—Colorado highway crews patched potholes and cleared away rubble on Saturday after a spring storm brought a wild mix of rain, snow and tornadoes.
No injuries were reported but several highways were closed because of snow and a rock slide.
A 60-ton boulder fell on U.S. 285 west of Denver Friday, possibly because rain eroded the surrounding soil. Crews were still cleaning up on Saturday, periodically stopping traffic.
The National Weather Service reported that nearly 27 inches of snow fell by Saturday morning in the higher elevations of Larimer County northwest of Denver and 24 inches in the mountains of northern El Paso County, north of Colorado Springs.
El Paso County dispatched snowplows to the area, but they faced tough going because of high winds.
Highways over Berthoud Pass and Loveland Pass in the mountains west of Denver were closed because of weather conditions for a few hours Saturday but reopened later in the day.
Some lanes on Denver freeways were closed Saturday for pothole patching.
At least a half-dozen tornadoes were sighted on the eastern plains on Friday but no damage was reported. Sewage spilled into the South Platte after storm water washed debris into a Denver-area treatment plant, blocking filters and causing an overflow.
Despite the storm, the statewide snowpack was just 76 percent of the 30-year average, the federal Natural Resources Conservation Service reported Saturday.
Totals ranged from 67 percent in the Colorado River Basin to 93 percent in the Upper Rio Grande Basin.
