Up to a foot of snow could fall in the interior Northeast after the storm delivered killer tornadoes in the South and a blizzard in the Upper Midwest and Plains.
ravaged parts of the South, prompting the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center to hoist a Level 4 out of 5 moderate risk of severe weather. The public was warned of a risk of strong tornadoes. Thirty-three tornado reports were received.injured four people and traced a path similar to that taken by a deadly EF3 tornado on March 22. Damage was reported in Jefferson Parish near the Westbank Expressway. A 56-year-old woman died when her home was destroyed in nearby St. Charles Parish.
At present, freezing rain is leading to ice accumulation in interior Virginia, West Virginia and southern Pennsylvania. To the northwest, snow is falling over the Great Lakes and Midwest, with rain along the southern end of the arcing cold front. In Florida, a tornado watch is in effect until 4 p.m.; the watch includes Tampa, Sarasota and Orlando.
As of 9 a.m. Eastern time, La Vale in Allegheny County, Md., reported 0.25 inches of ice buildup, and Grantsville in Garrett County was up to 0.3 inches. East of Route 15, an onshore flow was keeping conditions slightly warmer, which is limiting ice accumulation.The moisture associated with the developing secondary low will ride into the Northeast, where low temperatures inland will support heavy snow. Winter storm warnings were in effect for most of interior Pennsylvania and New York state, and for the Berkshires of western Massachusetts and Connecticut, as well as for all of Vermont.
Closer to the Interstate 95 corridor, only a cold rain is expected. A general 1 to 2 inches is probable in D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Hartford, Concord and Portland, Maine.
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