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"A New "Bomb Cyclone" Blizzard Hits U.S. Plains and Midwest"

"DENVER - A “bomb cyclone” blizzard, the second in a month, hit the Rockies on Wednesday and spun into the U.S. Plains and Midwest, bringing fears of more flooding in areas still recovering from last month’s deluge.

Warm spring temperatures on Tuesday, upwards of 80 degrees Fahrenheit in Denver, gave way to frigid 20s, heavy snow, gale-force winds and life-threatening conditions, the National Weather Service said.

“It is a bomb cyclone, the second we’ve had,” said Brian Hurley, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Weather Prediction Center in Maryland. “This is like a slow-moving snowstorm inside a hurricane.”

Wind gusts upwards of 100 mph were reported Wednesday in eastern Colorado, Hurley said. "

Keith Coffman reports for Reuters April 11, 2019.

Source: Reuters, 04/11/2019