PHOTO GALLERY: Snow storm brings 9.5 inches to Columbia on Tuesday

By Missourian staff

February 26, 2013 | 6:53 p.m. CST

A snow storm that passed through Columbia Monday night and Tuesday brought wet, heavy snow that downed power lines and caused Internet outages throughout the city.

A pedestrian jumps as he crosses Providence Road at Stewart Road in Columbia on Tuesday. | Jason Redmond

Nate Vice jumps over a pile of snow his friends and he made at Stephens Lake Park on Tuesday. | Sarah Ng

Steve Regan shovels his driveway Tuesday while his daughter Harper Regan, 21 months, and their dog, Cali, watch on Highridge Drive. Snowfall blanketed the region Monday night and Tuesday morning, creating hazardous driving conditions.

| Whitney Hayward

A pair of dogs peer out of a pickup truck turning onto Providence Road in Columbia on Tuesday. | Jason Redmond

Cars are immobilized by the snow at the intersection of Mills and Highridge drives on Tuesday. The residential area was unplowed as of Tuesday morning after an overnight snowfall.
| Whitney Hayward

Peyton Maupin, 3, left, and Gage Cross, 5, walk up a hill with cardboard to use for sledding at Stephens Lake Park on Tuesday afternoon. | Sarah Ng

Trucks pile snow into dump truck beds to be taken out of the downtown area Tuesday at the corner of Ninth and Cherry streets. | Peter Marek

A broken branch fell on a car parked on Hamilton Way on Tuesday after the snow storm Monday night. Heavy snow caused damage to cars and power lines throughout Columbia. | Breanne Bradley

Julie Keevins, left, and Riley Keevins, 12, build an igloo in the front yard of their home on West Broadway on Tuesday afternoon. "This is great packing snow," Julie Keevins said. | Greg Kendall-Ball

Andrew Reilly, an MU School of Business student, crosses a street after working out at the MU Student Recreation Complex on Tuesday. | Showkat Nanda

Becky Mitten, a waitress at Lucy's Beverages and Burgers in McBaine, uses a garden shovel to remove snow from the parking area Tuesday. | Greg Kendall-Ball

John Feres, an MU freshman, builds an igloo outside the MU Student Center on Tuesday. He started building the igloo Monday. | Showkat Nanda

A car drives through a large puddle on Providence Road just south of Stuart Road in Columbia on Tuesday. A heavy, wet snow fell Monday night and continued Tuesday morning. Forecasts predicted about 9 inches of accumulation in the city. | Jason Redmond

Bruce Gordon, host of "Morning Ayre Mondays" at KOPN, walks in the street down Ninth Street after his morning show. | Breanne Bradley