A winter storm sweeping across the central US has brought heavy snow and deteriorating road conditions, prompting travel warnings and interstate closures. The storm is expected to intensify, moving into the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic states with a high chance of severe weather, including potential tornadoes.
FILE – Steve Beckett with the street department in Owensboro, Ky., sprays a salt brine solution along Hickman Avenue in preparation for predicted snow and ice over the weekend, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in Owensboro, Ky.
The storm was forecast to move then into the Ohio Valley, with severe travel disruptions expected. It will reach the Mid-Atlantic states on Sunday into Monday, with a hard freeze even expected as far south as Florida. Governors in neighboring Missouri and nearby Arkansas declared states of emergency. Whiteout conditions threatened to make driving dangerous to impossible, forecasters warned, and heighten the risk of becoming stranded.The Kansas City International Airport temporarily halted flight operations in the afternoon due to ice.
“It will be a major headache,” said Tom Kines, a senior meteorologist with AccuWeather. “The storm not only has the snow threat to it but the ice threat.”and wind chills, forecasters said. Temperatures could be 12 to 25 degrees below normal as the polar vortex stretches down from the high Arctic. The National Weather Service predicted 8 to 12 inches of snow for the Annapolis area, with temperatures remaining below freezing throughout the weekend.
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