Important Takeaways:
- What To Know
- As of Monday morning, winter weather advisories were in effect in parts of Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, California, Montana, Wyoming and Maine.
- More serious winter storm warnings were issued for parts of California, Montana, Oregon and Nevada.
- Winter storm watches, indicating severe winter weather was possible in the coming days were also in effect in Wyoming, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
- The NWS in Reno, Nevada, warned that in the Greater Lake Tahoe Area, “snow accumulations between one to two feet above 6500 feet…with up to three to 3.5 feet possible at the highest elevations” were expected through Tuesday evening. Winds in the Sierra ridgelines could reach 100 mph.
- The NWS office in Sacramento stated that total snow accumulations of 1 to 4 feet were possible, locally up to 5 feet over peaks for areas above 3500 feet in the Sierra Nevada and warned that “very strong winds could cause extensive tree damage.”
- Power Outages
- At the time of writing, significant power outages were noted in two of the states.
- In Michigan, some 324,000 customers were without power, according to PowerOutage.us, a service that tracks disruptions.
- In neighboring Minnesota, more than 62,000 outages were recorded.
- In Indiana, some 50,000 were noted, with a further 10,000 in Kentucky.
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Important Takeaways:
- A significant outbreak of severe weather, including the risk of some nocturnal tornadoes will unfold by Tuesday and continue on Wednesday which will put lives and property at risk in the central and eastern U.S.
- As an early March storm strengthens from Monday night to Wednesday night, severe thunderstorms will extend across nearly two dozen states, and associated impacts may affect 170 million people from the southern Plains to the Midwest and East, AccuWeather meteorologists warn.
- The main threat from severe weather will be powerful wind gusts that can knock over trees and cut the power in some communities from Texas and Oklahoma to portions of Florida, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. There is also a risk of a dozen or two tornadoes spinning up in the strongest storms, and part of that threat will exist during the nighttime hours in the Central states.
- Wind energy from the storm will first be felt over portions of the southern Rockies and Plains beginning at the end of the weekend. Gusts frequenting 50-70 mph in the mainly clear, dry air, combined with the dry winter brush, will significantly boost the risk of wildfires through Tuesday.
- As a trailing cold front associated with the storm begins to encounter moisture from the Gulf late Monday night, thunderstorms will erupt.
- At this early stage of the severe weather outbreak, the main threat will be from powerful wind gusts during Monday night from central Texas to much of Oklahoma and southern Kansas. However, this will only mark the beginning or ramp-up phase of the severe weather.
- AccuWeather meteorologists believe there is a high risk of severe weather that represents a widespread threat from northeastern Texas to southwestern Tennessee. This area may also be the most prone to tornadoes, with that threat continuing after dark, adding to the danger.
- From Tuesday to Tuesday night, a massive area with few to numerous severe thunderstorms will extend from south Texas to Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and the Florida Panhandle. In addition to the likelihood of high winds and a few tornadoes, some of the storms will produce damaging hail and lightning, as well as flash flooding.
- As the storm lifts northward toward the Upper Midwest, the threat of severe weather will be carried into the Great Lakes region, part of the Atlantic Seaboard and the northeast Gulf coast on Wednesday and Wednesday night. There can even be thunder and lightning with gusty winds as far to the north as the St. Lawrence Valley and eastern New England.
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Important Takeaways:
- The first of this week’s back-to-back-to-back winter storms is bringing snow, ice and rain to a 1,500 mile stretch of the eastern US Tuesday morning.
- Another winter storm will hit some of the same areas in quick succession and dump the most substantial snow of the season over Chicago. The third storm is the most serious flood threat Southern California has faced since January’s devastating wildfires.
- Each is another link in a chain of disruptive storms unbroken since the start of February.
- Snow will pile up: It’s snowing over parts of the Tennessee Valley and Appalachians Tuesday morning, where 1 to 3 inches have already fallen. There’s more to come into Wednesday morning as the storm tracks east. Washington, DC, could get up to 6 inches of snow Tuesday which could snarl travel during the afternoon commute.
- State of emergency and school closures: Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin declared a state of emergency, and the Virginia Department of Transportation urged residents to “stay off the roads once the storm arrives.” Several schools in the state are closed. Schools in the DC area and Maryland also announced early dismissals and closures, citing anticipated disruptions, along with similar impacts at schools in Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio and Indiana.
- Power outages and treacherous travel likely: Significant amounts of ice – more than 0.25 inches – are possible through Wednesday in parts of West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina. “Ice accumulations could make many roads treacherous and impassable,” the National Weather Service warned Tuesday. “The weight of ice on tree limbs and power lines could produce numerous outages.”
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Important Takeaways:
- The FOX Forecast Center is monitoring the development of a powerful winter storm that has tens of millions of people across at least 22 states from the Midwest to the Northeast on alert for a widespread threat of freezing rain that has already led to numerous reports of icy roads and crashes.
- …as the storm gathers strength, impacts will begin to be seen from the mid-Mississippi Valley on Wednesday and then into the Great Lakes region by Wednesday night.
- Because of this, the Thursday morning commute is expected to be extremely dangerous on untreated roads and highways in cities like Chicago, Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Columbus and Cleveland in Ohio.
- Areas to the east will see the highest potential for significant icing – especially in portions of Maryland and into the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania.
- Power outages and tree damage are most likely in those locations, as ice accretions greater than a quarter-inch and maybe as high as a half-inch are possible.
- Ice Storm Warnings have been issued in four states, with the National Weather Service office in Charleston, West Virginia, issuing its first Ice Storm Warning in three years.
- “Travel is strongly discouraged,” forecasters warned. “If you must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food and water in your vehicle in case of an emergency. Prepare for power outages.”
- The FOX Forecast Center said a second, even stronger storm is expected this weekend.
- The storm is also expected to bring freezing rain to nearly the same areas that are getting impacted during this first storm.
- Heavy snow is looking increasingly likely on Saturday across the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes region.
- Cities like Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Detroit could see their biggest snowstorm so far this winter.
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Important Takeaways:
- America’s first high-impact winter storm of the new year is a coast-to-coast event expected to bring over a 1,500-mile swath of hazardous snow and ice across the central and eastern U.S.
- The storm is roaring ashore on the West Coast Friday, bringing heavy rains and mountain snow to the Pacific Northwest and northern California. From there, it will bring a round of snow to the Intermountain West and northern Rockies on Saturday before emerging in the Plains on Saturday night.
- That’s when the stage becomes set for a significant winter storm. The FOX Forecast Center said north of the storm, a strong arctic high will be supplying cold air, while to the south, moisture from the Gulf of Mexico will be flowing north.
- The FOX Forecast Center is expecting “plowable” snow from the north-central Plains through the Ohio Valley.
- Snow amounts will range from a few inches to more than a foot in some spots. This includes cities such as Rapid City, South Dakota, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Charleston, West Virginia, and Washington, DC.
- “Needless to say this will make driving on Sunday and Sunday night extremely hazardous at best, potentially impossible at worst,” the National Weather Service office in St. Louis said in their Friday morning forecast discussion.
- In Kansas, the NWS said snow and sleet accumulations greater than 4 inches are possible, with ice accretions greater than one-tenth of an inch likely. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph, creating blowing and drifting snow, along with near-blizzard conditions at times.
- “With all this said, people should not focus on exact amounts or ranges of snowfall or ice accumulation,” NWS St. Louis said. “Rather, be prepared for a major winter storm.”
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Important Takeaways:
- Red Flag fire warnings are expected to remain for the Malibu area along the Southern California coast into Wednesday afternoon after the Franklin Fire forced evacuation orders or warnings for 18,000 residents, including some celebrities, and more than 8,000 homes and businesses.
- Tens of thousands have lost power, and schools have had to cancel classes.
- At its peak, the wildfire that ignited Monday expanded at an alarming rate, consuming an area larger than five football fields per minute and destroying at least seven structures
- Weather conditions: Gusty winds are expected to drop below 30 mph by Wednesday afternoon. Dry conditions persist, with relative humidity below 10%, prompting the weather service to issue Red Flag warnings until 2 p.m. Wednesday. A Red Flag warning means warm temperatures, very low humidities, and stronger winds are expected to combine to produce an increased risk of fire. The Storm Prediction Center has also rated the fire risk for Southern California at level 1 of 3 for Wednesday.
- Power outages: Nearly 60,000 customers across California experienced power outages, primarily concentrated in San Diego County, where utilities implemented preventative shutdowns. Pepperdine University’s Malibu campus lost power, with some buildings relying on generator power.
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Important Takeaways:
- The Category 1 storm hit near Steinhatchee about 7 a.m. ET with winds estimated at 80 mph. After landfall, power outages skyrocketed to more than 300,000 utility customers in the Sunshine State, according to PowerOutage.us.
- By midweek, the storm is expected to dump extreme amounts of nearly 2 feet of rain on parts of Georgia and South Carolina.
- The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is forecasting “potentially historic rainfall” across southeastern Georgia and South Carolina through Friday, causing widespread flash flooding and life-threatening conditions.
- The governors of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina have declared a state of emergency and are urging residents to prepare for the multiple impacts the storm will bring.
- “I think what’s going to make this much different than what we had with Idalia is it is going to move very slowly once it enters Florida – it’s going to be southern Georgia, northern Florida – and it is just going to drop an inordinate amount of water on the north-central Florida region,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told FOX Weather on Sunday.
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Important Takeaways:
- Extreme weather and severe thunderstorms swept through Michigan overnight Tuesday, spawning reports early Wednesday of damage, power outages, and three tornadoes near Grand Blanc, Marshall and Lawton.
- The storms illustrated Mother Nature’s power and volatility, as sunny blue skies and record-warm temperatures in the low 70s quickly gave way to tempests that downed trees and power lines and damaged homes, businesses and automobiles.
- …about 15,000 customers were without electricity.
- In Grand Blanc, radar showed a tornado touched down, causing serious damage to neighborhoods and potentially a General Motors facility, according to social media posts. The extent of it will become clearer in the daylight.
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Important Takeaways:
- Deadly storm pummeling California with more than a foot of rain threatens to burst banks of LA River after killing three across state – as flash floods rip through Malibu and cause more than 120 mudslides – putting A-listers homes on red alert
- A deadly Pacific storm, the second ‘Pineapple Express’ weather system to pummel the West Coast in less than a week, dumped torrential rain over Southern California on Monday, leading to streets being flooded and triggering more than 120 mudslides.
- On Monday afternoon, LA Mayor Karen Bass issued a state of emergency declaration because of the flooding.
- President Joe Biden spoke to California Governor Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Bass, pledging to provide federal aid to areas hit hard.
- The deluge raised concerns for the region’s large population of homeless people, many of whom set up encampments along the river and on small dirt outcroppings and brush-covered islands.
- Winds gusting to 75 miles per hour on Sunday downed trees and utility lines across the San Francisco Bay Area and California’s Central Coast, knocking out power to roughly 875,000 homes at the storm’s peak in that region.
- About 215,000 people statewide were without power late on Monday night.
- The greatest flash-flooding threat on Monday centered on Southern California, the NWS said, as the system slowly pivoted and pushed farther into the interior of California, but forecasters said ‘catastrophic’ impacts were unlikely.
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Important Takeaways:
- Lot of Snow Even for Alaska: Anchorage Hit with More Than Two Feet, Declares Emergency
- Government offices will remain closed Monday and school will be conducted remotely in Anchorage as Alaska’s largest city gets hit by another storm while still digging out of a record snowstorm last week.
- Up to a foot of snow was expected in the city on Monday after more than two feet fell within 48 hours late last week. The National Weather Service says up to 1.5” of snow an hour was predicted with the latest storm.
- Areas of blowing snow reducing visibilities to a half mile or less were expected at times on Monday morning.
- A blizzard warning also was issued for Monday in Whittier and Thompson Passes outside of the city.
- A Snow Emergency remains in effect for the city until Friday, November 17.
- There were widespread power outages due to the previous storm but Chugach Electric said all service was believed to be restored by Sunday evening.
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