A major storm is putting states from New Mexico to Maine under winter storm warnings and watches. Heavy snowfall was expected in parts of Ohio, New York and northern New England, while Mississippi and Alabama could see strong thunderstorms and tornadoes.
A long stretch of states from New Mexico to Maine remained under winter storm warnings and watches andstretched further from the central U.S. into more of the South and Northeast. Heavy snow was expected from the southern Rockies to northern New England, while forecasters said heavy ice buildup was likely from Texas to Pennsylvania.
Parts of Ohio, New York and northern New England were expected to see heavy snowfall as the storm moves to the east with 12 to 18 inches of snow possible in some places through Friday, Orrison said.Along the warmer side of the storm, strong thunderstorms capable of damaging wind gusts and tornadoes were possible Thursday in parts of Mississippi and Alabama, the Storm Prediction Center said.
Sleet and freezing rain were occurring early Thursday in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and in parts of Oklahoma and Arkansas. More than 100,000 homes and businesses were without power, mostly in Texas, Tennessee and Arkansas, according to the website“Unfortunately we are looking at enough ice accumulations that we will be looking at significant travel impacts,” Orrison said.
Texas had about 70,000 power outages Thursday morning, far from the more than 4 million outages that paralyzed the state during theThe return of subfreezing weather and ice in Texas was unsettling to many residents after last year’s catastrophic outages. In San Antonio, where roughly 30,000 homes were without power Thursday morning, officials stressed the outages were local disruptions — such as downed power lines — and not grid failures.
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