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There’s a flurry of activity in the weather across the US today, with snow extending from Idaho to Maine across the northern tip of the country prompting winter weather advisories, with a wintry mix in the middle, and severe thunderstorms and potential flooding spanning from Texas to the Virginias; plus more of today’s weather news and forecast.
Almost the entirety of the northern region of the country will see snow today, spanning from Idaho to Maine and dipping down into the Southwest in New Mexico.
Snow is forecast for almost the entirety of the states of Wyoming, Colorado, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
Snowfall will occur also in portions of Idaho, Montana, and Utah, North Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, New Mexico, and potentially in a small section of Northeast Nevada and Northwest Kansas.
Heavy rain, thunderstorms, and the risk of flash flooding are forecast to span from Texas to the Virginias today and will be particularly severe in some areas.
The National Weather Service is warning of heavy rain and possible flash flooding for the following areas: Texas, east of Dallas; northern Louisiana; southern, central, eastern and northeast Arkansas, northern Mississippi, northern Alabama, northwest Georgia, most of Tennessee, all of Kentucky, southern Ohio, western West Virginia; western North Carolina and western Virginia.
A high risk of severe thunderstorms is possible for the following areas: central and northern Mississippi and Alabama, northwest Georgia, as well as middle and eastern Tennessee.
A wintry mix will span half of the country, just below the north, and just above the thunderstorms happening in the South.
Mixed precipitation is forecast for central and northern Oklahoma; most of Kansas, eastern Nebraska; all of Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania; as well as southern New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, southern New Hampshire and along the coast of Maine.
West: San Francisco 64, Los Angeles 68, Reno 54, Las Vegas 64, Salt Lake City 38, Denver 33.
Northwest & Northern Rockies: Seattle 48, Portland 54, Boise 44, Billings 28, Bismarck 0, Rapid City 32.
Southwest: Phoenix 64, Albuquerque 47, El Paso 56, San Antonio 68.
Central and Upper Midwest: Lubbock 49, Dallas 52, Oklahoma City 42, Kansas City 35, Minneapolis 31, Madison 37.
Ohio Valley: Chicago 38, St. Louis 37, Detroit 36, Cincinnati 39.
South: Houston 60, Memphis 50, New Orleans 78, Atlanta 64, Charlotte 58, Jacksonville 85, Tampa 86, Miami 80.
East: Norfolk 50, Washington, D.C. 49, Buffalo 35, New York 45, Boston 46, Bangor 31.
