The National Weather Service (NWS) issued widespread winter weather warnings across 23 states on Monday, anticipating snow, ice, and dangerously cold temperatures. The warnings highlight potential health risks, travel disruptions, and power outages as winter storms sweep across the country.
The National Weather Service (NWS) issued winter weather warnings for 23 states on Monday morning, predicting snow and ice across various regions of the country. Freezing temperatures pose health risks , particularly for vulnerable populations like infants and senior citizens. Snowfall can disrupt travel and create hazardous driving conditions, while winter storm s may lead to power outages .
The NWS issued winter storm warnings, signifying a 'significant combination of hazardous winter weather is occurring or imminent,' for Virginia and West Virginia. Winter storm watches, indicating the potential for significant and hazardous winter weather within 48 hours, were in effect for Indiana, Nebraska, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Kansas, Missouri, and parts of Colorado, Iowa, and Illinois. Cold weather advisories, warning of particularly frigid wind chills or temperatures, were issued for California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Winter weather advisories, signifying the anticipation of freezing rain or 2 to 4 inches of snow (alone or in combination with sleet and freezing rain) causing significant inconvenience, were in place for Ohio and New York. Extreme cold warnings were also issued for northern sections of Montana and North Dakota, with the NWS warning that dangerously cold wind chills could result in frostbite on exposed skin. While snowfall forecasts varied across states, the NWS reported a possibility of up to 10 inches of accumulation in isolated areas of Northern Houghton County, Michigan. The service cautioned that travel conditions could be extremely challenging, and blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. On X, formerly Twitter, the NWS Blacksburg, Virginia, stated on Saturday, 'A series of storm systems will impact the region into next week. They will come in the form of measurable wintry mixes (Monday Night through Tuesday Night) and locally heavy, potentially flooding, rainfall (Tuesday Night through Wednesday Night).' The NWS Great Falls, Montana, posted on X on Sunday, 'Arctic air will impact all of Montana Monday through Tuesday with another push of arctic air later this week. Low temperatures Monday night/Tuesday morning will be the coldest temperatures of the year across much of Montana. Wind chills will be as low as -30 to -50 .' The latest winter weather advisories remained in effect until 7 p.m. Monday. The latest winter storm warning was scheduled to expire Wednesday afternoon. Meanwhile, the latest winter storm watches were in effect through Wednesday, and the latest cold weather advisory was expected to last until Thursday afternoon.
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