An April snowstorm was much ado in Lincoln but a hassle for much of the state.

Interstate 80 was closed all the way from York to the Wyoming line for a time Sunday morning.

High winds swept vehicles off slippery roads and downed power lines northwest of Lincoln.

Spring will mount a comeback beginning Tuesday, with temperatures forecast to peak in the 50s in Lincoln for the rest of the week.

Polk County Sheriff Dwaine Ladwig said about 25 vehicles slid off highways near Osceola.

"We probably had 6 to 8 inches of snow and the wind just blew vehicles off the slick roads," he said.

About 3,000 customers lost electric power in Butler County.

"We had about 75 poles down," said Mike Hiatt, operations manager of the Butler County Public Power District.

"North of David City was the worst," Hiatt said.

David City, 55 miles northwest of Lincoln, reported 8 inches of snow by Sunday morning.

Three thousand customers of the Nebraska Public Power District in the York and Aurora areas also lost power during the night.

"Service has been restored to all of them," NPPD spokesman Mark Becker reported Sunday afternoon.

The early spring storm dumped up to 16 inches of snow and was powered by winds gusting to 50 mph or more.

The weather service said the storm resulted in "prodigious snowfall amounts," ranging from 16 inches in Cody to 11 inches near Mullen and 10 inches at Hay Springs.

Some drifts were reported to be 7 feet high.