** High Impact Weather tonight and Thursday 17 February ** for a combination of heavy snow, freezing rain, floods, high winds and severe thunderstorms over much of the Central and Eastern U.S.
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- Low pressure over New Mexico Wednesday morning strengthens into a powerful, large-scale storm today which will impact the Central, Southern and Eastern U.S. through early Friday, generating snow and freezing rain, high winds, heavy rain and severe thunderstorms.
- This storm will move quickly; most impacts should be gone by Friday morning.
- Two separate pulses of high winds associated with this storm:
- Today from the Southern Plains to the eastern Great Lakes; and
- Thursday from the mid-Mississippi Valley into the Northeast.
For details, check out the latest weather animations.
Here’s the long-range travel & RV weather outlook (to be updated this evening)
— Southern CA Ventura, Los Angeles, Riverside and San Diego County mountains: Wind Advisories today. Gusts 40-50 mph. I-8, I-10, I-15, US-101 impacted.
— North-central ID; southwest and central MT: Winter Weather Advisories tonight through midday today. Accumulations generally 1-4 inches. I-15, I-90 impacted.
— Portions of north-central, central and southeast WY: Winter Weather Advisories today and tonight. Accumulations ranging from 3-8 inches. I-25, I-80 impacted.
— Southeast WY: High Wind Watch Thursday night. Gusts to 65 mph. I-25, I-80 potentially impacted.
— North-central CO along and just west of the Foothills: Winter Storm Warnings this afternoon through tonight. 4-8 inches of snow expected except 6-12 inches in the foothills. I-25, I-70 impacted.
— West-central NM: Winter Weather Advisory this afternoon through tonight. 2-4 inches of snow. I-40 impacted.
— Southern and east-central NM and far-west TX: High Wind Warnings and Advisories and Blowing Dust Advisories through tonight. Gusts 65-80 mph in far-south NM and west TX, including I-10 and I-20. Gusts. 40-50 mph elsewhere. I-10, I-20 highly impacted by both winds and suddenly reduced visibility in blowing dust.
— North-central OK; south-central and eastern KS: Winter Storm Watches this evening, tonight and Thursday. Snow, sleet, freezing rain, with up to 4-8 inches of snow possible.
— Northern TX north of I-20; central and eastern OK: Slight risk of severe thunderstorms late this evening into early Thursday morning. Hail, damaging winds and a couple of brief tornadoes are possible.
— Southeast TX coastal regions. Wind Advisories today starting late this morning through early evening. Gusts to 40 mph.
— Southeast KS; northeast OK; western MO; extreme northwest AR: Wind Advisories through late this afternoon. Gusts to 45 mph.
— MO, IL, IN, OH, southern MI: A combination of Winter Storm Warnings Watches and Advisories, Flood Watches and Wind Advisories this afternoon through Thursday. Wind gusts 40-50 mph. Travel not recommended.
— Southern MO; southern IL; southern IN; most of KY and TN; northeastern half of LA; most of MS; northwestern half of AL: Severe thunderstorms possible on Thursday.
— KY; western and central TN; northern and central MS; northern and central AL: Wind Advisories today and tonight. Gusts 30-45 mph.
— Western and northern NY; VT: A combination of Wind Advisories and Flood Watches. The Wind Advisories are for today and the Flood Watches are effective Thursday through Friday morning. Wind gusts 40-50 mph.
— RI; southeast MA: High Wind Watches Thursday evening through Friday morning. Gusts to 65 mph possible. I-95 impacted.
— Far northern ME: Winter Storm Watch Thursday evening through Friday morning. Snow and sleet. Up to 1/2 Inch of sleet and 5-12 inches of snow possible.
National Weather Service Warnings Watches and Advisories issued Wednesday morning 16 February Wednesday 16 February Wind Gusts late Wednesday morning 16 February Snowfall accumulations through Wednesday evening 16 February High temperatures Wednesday 16 February Low temperatures Thursday morning 17 February Thursday 17 February Wind Gusts Thursday afternoon 17 February Severe thunderstorm threat Thursday 17 February Flash flood and flooding threat Thursday 17 February Total snowfall accumulations through Thursday evening 17 February Total precipitation amounts through Thursday evening 17 February High temperatures Thursday 17 February Low temperatures Friday morning 18 February Friday 18 February Wind gusts Friday afternoon 18 February High temperatures Friday 18 February
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