Big Storms in the Midwest. Near blizzard conditions in Colo rado and Wyoming, big snows closed and brought down power lines for thousands. Power Company spokesman Steve Rolstead in Denver says," We 've received anywhere between 8 and 12 inches of extremely heavy wet snow. That snow in turn weighed down our transmission lines, it knocked trees into our transmission and distribution lines. And as a result knocked out power to thousands upon thousands of our customers". Those snowstorms closed schools and highways as well. The stormy weather brought more rain to the Dakota where flooding is imminent and brought tornados in Iowa that killed at least one person.