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Winter weather advisories and wind chill warnings are in place across the northern US, while heavy rain has brought a flash flood watch across the Southeast, both creating dangerous travel conditions today; plus more of today’s weather news and forecasts.
Weather advisories have been issued the northern Rockies to Maine and across the Southeast today due to a variety of conditions that will be making travel difficult and dangerous in some areas.
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued wind chill advisories and warnings across the Northern Rockies and Upper Midwest.
A wind chill advisory has been issued for eastern Montana, the Dakotas, eastern Nebraska, northeastern Kansas, northern Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, and northern Wisconsin.
In the Upper Midwest, NWS issued a wind chill warning for the Eastern Dakotas, most of Minnesota, and northern Iowa.
In Iowa, over 160 schools closed due to slick roads and dangerous cold, where subzero wind chill factors as low as -38 degrees are anticipated.
In Minnesota, many schools will remain open despite bitter cold and subzero wind chill factors as low as -41 degrees.
In the Ohio Valley and Northeast, at least a dozen states are under winter weather advisories spanning from Iowa to Maine.
In the Northeast and Northern Rockies, winter weather advisories are in effect for portions of Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.
Across the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys, South and Southeast today, over a dozen states from Texas to the Virginians are under flood advisories, watches and warnings.
Flood warnings have been issued by the National Weather Service for southwestern Missouri, northern Alabama, western North Carolina, eastern and northwestern Kentucky, southwestern Ohio, and western West Virginia.
The largest areas under flash flood watches are central and northern Alabama, northern Georgia, eastern Tennessee, eastern Kentucky, the western edge of North Carolina, and nearly the entirety of West Virginia.
Days of heavy rain in Alabama, with some areas receiving over 6 inches of rainfall so far this week, has caused over 18.5 million gallons of sewer water to spill over and gush out of manholes.
Sewer water has also overflowed in the Tennessee Valley, where about 4.8 million gallons of sewage seeped from sewer pipes.
As heavy rain continues throughout the South today, with flood watches and warnings issued in over a dozen states, sewage systems could potentially overflow in other areas and additional states.
West: San Francisco 54, Los Angeles 72, Reno 59, Las Vegas 65, Salt Lake City 44, Denver 32.
Northwest & Northern Rockies: Seattle 45, Portland 55, Boise 49, Billings 34, Bismarck 13, Rapid City 26.
Southwest: Phoenix 68, Albuquerque 49, El Paso 59, San Antonio 61.
Central & Upper Midwest: Lubbock 48, Dallas 46, Oklahoma City 38, Kansas City 20, Minneapolis 4, Madison 11.
Ohio Valley: Chicago 25, St. Louis 29, Detroit 32, Cincinnati 39.
South: Houston 60, New Orleans 59, Memphis 43, Atlanta 63, Charlotte 69, Jacksonville 84, Tampa 81, Miami 81.
East: Norfolk 71, Washington, D.C. 56, Buffalo 33, New York 46, Boston 41, Bangor 29.
