A light freezing rain event on December 27th and 28th led to road closures for parts of northeast Colorado on the evening of the 28th.
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The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
A light freezing rain event on December 27th and 28th led to road closures for parts of northeast Colorado on the evening of the 28th.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
CDOT reported that I-70 was closed in Kit Carson County on the evening of the 28th as icy road conditions from light freezing rain on the 27th and 28th were leading to car accidents. I-70 eventually reopened overnight that night.
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