The Nation : Central U.S. Hit by Snow

Spring snow borne by a storm cascading from the Rockies lashed Kansas and the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, while melting snow and rain flooded streets in Michigan and washed out West Virginia bridges. “Last weekend, people were running around in shorts (and) now, they’ve pulled on their parkas again,” complained Sgt. Kevin McLain at the Oklahoma Highway Patrol office in Guymon. Up to five inches of snow blanketed parts of western Kansas. Grand Island, Neb., and Denver got two inches of snow. In Mississippi, a band of severe thunderstorms pounded across the state, moving east from Louisiana and Arkansas.