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A winter storm traveling across the East Coast brought snow to New York City, where a winter weather advisory is in effect until 1 a.m. Thursday.
Here’s a look at what Manhattan looks like today:
Major flooding was captured on video in Giles County, Tennessee. The clip shows one woman’s driveway, yard, and road covered in standing water.
The region has seen extreme rain and flood watches due to a moist, warmer air mass that’s extended from the Ohio Valley into the Southeast.
See it:
A new snowfall record for February was set today in the Twin Cities.
Snowfall levels reached at least 30.4 inches this month and tied a previous record for the 10th snowiest month set in November 1983, according to the National Weather Service.
“This is also the first time we’ve topped 30” since Dec of 2010 (Domebuster!),” the weather service tweeted.
Much of the West is also under some sort of winter watch, warning or advisory from Southern Arizona along the Mexican border north to Montana along the Canadian border.
The heaviest snow is expected in northern Arizona and southern Utah. The Grand Canyon could see a foot of snow over the next few days.
Las Vegas is under a winter weather advisory, with the potential for an inch or two of snow tomorrow.
Rare heavy snow is forecast in the mountains in Southern California. Up to two feet of snow is possible in the mountains outside of San Diego.
Snow and rain are bringing travel delays to much of the East Coast and Midwest, and a second storm is also moving across western states.
Here’s where things stand this afternoon:
Good luck flying in, out or through the Twin Cities today. FlightAware’s Misery Map shows a lot of cancellations and delays at the Minneapolis-St.Paul International Airport.
Earlier in the day, poor weather conditions forced all of the airport’s runways to close. Since then, they’ve been able to reopen one runway — despite the still-snowy conditions.
Jim Tomlinson took video of conditions at the airport.
WATCH:
So far today, 1,872 flights into, out of or within the US have been canceled, according to data from FlightAware.
Another 2,496 flights have been delayed.
Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport are the most affected, according to FlightAware’s Misery Map.
Wednesday is cancelled in Minnesota — at least according to the road conditions.
A map from the National Weather Service shows how many roadways are “completely covered” in snow. It’s a lot.
Take a look for yourself:
Winter storm warnings have been posted for Washington and Baltimore, where 3 to 6 inches of snow is expected today. There will likely be sleet and freezing rain later on.
Nearly 700 flights have been cancelled in and out of Washington’s three airports as a result, so travel could be difficult for the remainder of the day.
Here’s a look at what the national’s capitol looked like in the snow this morning:
While we’ve yet to see it ourselves, the National Weather Service is reporting that the first snowflakes have started to fall in Midtown Manhattan.
(Rest assured, we’ll bring you a snowy Central Park photo when we can.)
Update: It’s snowing. A photo as promised:
Intense bands of snow and low visibility forced Minneapolis-St.Paul International Airport to close all their runways earlier this morning.
Conditions have barely improved, but they have been able to open one runway.
Flood and flash flood watches stretch from Mississippi and Alabama north to Ohio today, as much of the Southeast and Ohio Valley will continue to see bands of heavy rain and storms.
Heavy rain has already pounded the area, and additional rain totals between 2 and 4 inches are expected over the next couple of days.
Many cities are at risk for significant flooding including…
Intense snow bands moving through the areas are putting on a show today.
An Ohio Department of Transportation picked up some thunder bolts and lightening early this morning.
Later in Cumberland, Maryland, some intense rolling thunder echoed across the area.
What is thundersnow anyway? In simple terms, it is when a storm is strong enough to have thunder, but still cold enough to still have snow and not rain.
The snow will reflect the light, making it seem like you could be standing in a cloud and acts as a dampener, muffling the thunder. It can even act like a prism for the lightening, creating different colors of light like green and blue.
The winter storm brining snow and sleet to much of the East Coast isn’t the US’s only one: Another storm will impact much of the west with more snow and cold over the next couple of days.
Here’s what we’re looking out for:
A potent winter storm is poised to deliver a mixture of snow, sleet, freezing rain and possible flooding across much of the eastern United States through Thursday.
More than 117 million people in the country, many from the Plains and Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, are under some sort of winter weather watch, warning or advisory. Nearly 20 million are facing a flood warning, watch or a flash flood watch across the Southeast.
Warm moist air streaming north from the Gulf of Mexico will combine with a colder storm system exiting the Rockies to create an expected wintry mix Tuesday night into Wednesday.
Heavy rain fell in the South throughout Tuesday.
Much of the Pacific Northwest is also under winter weather warnings or watches.
