Rockies snowstorm fades heading east OMAHA, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- The Great Plains states were largely quiet Sunday following a major snowstorm that blanketed much of Colorado this weekend, forecasters said. National Weather Service radar showed little in the way of precipitation in the heartland as the snowy system fell apart after coming down from the Rockies. Parts of Colorado received more than 3 feet of snow, and Omaha spent the weekend digging out from more than 9 inches of snow, which came after what had been a fairly uneventful first half of winter. "Obviously we were overdue," Craig Nyland, 48, told the Omaha World-Herald as he shoveled out his driveway Saturday. If it's got to come, this isn't bad, and the fact that it came on a weekend is priceless, too. AccuWeather said blowing snow forced some highway closures in the Plains along with scattered power outages caused by downed tree branches.