Storm system set to bring threats from the Southwest all the way to the Northeast

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After dumping snow in the Rockies, a storm system is pushing its way east across the country, hitting the Plains with severe storms before bringing snow to the Northeast.

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00:00 Our top story tonight though is taking us to winter storm that's on the move and set to bring heavy snow to parts of the country.

00:07 States like Utah and Arizona are seeing that snowfall right now.

00:11 And that same storm is set to bring snow, rain and even severe weather to parts of the south this weekend,

00:17 then accumulating snow to the eastern U.S. next week.

00:22 So we've got a lot to talk about here as we continue to deal with the messy weather across the western U.S.

00:30 It seems to be a pattern that just doesn't want to break down too much.

00:34 So keep the snow shovels handy because we're not finished with winter just yet.

00:38 Opening up the big board, you can see a lot of action going on, particularly in the western U.S.

00:43 Lots of snow reports coming through anywhere from southern California right into the Four Corners.

00:49 Ultimately though, the current storm system is a little bit more through the interior.

00:53 And if I swing this over far enough, we will find it here into the Four Corners.

00:58 You can see actually a little bit more moisture there through Las Vegas, Arizona,

01:02 and that's where we're picking up on some of those showers.

01:05 Now, Saturday, the storm system is on the move.

01:07 It's working its way east, and as it does so, it has some snow on the backside,

01:11 some stormy weather on the front side unfolding.

01:15 But the snow will actually top 3 to 6 inches in parts of the Texas Panhandle.

01:20 Denver, you're looking at 3 plus inches of snow from the storm system.

01:24 It really is kind of starting to unfold throughout Saturday,

01:27 and it does linger into Saturday night there in Denver.

01:30 Other places, we'll see it break out across the plains, and it just creates a mess of things in a place like Amarillo.

01:35 6 to 10 inches of snowfall with your AccuWeather Wintercast.

01:39 So you do definitely want to keep an eye on this storm

01:42 as it's going to continue to dump that snow through a good chunk of the weekend.

01:45 This is going to start Saturday late and then continue through the day on Sunday.

01:50 Very messy, unfortunately, for parts of the Texas Panhandle.

01:53 But that's not the only spot we're talking about the risk for active weather in Texas.

01:57 Farther south, there is going to be the risk for severe weather.

02:00 This is Saturday night.

02:01 We start to see some of those thunderstorms blossom, and it will be late overnight.

02:05 It could even be near and after midnight as we watch these thunderstorms unfold.

02:10 Then beyond that, this storm is on the move.

02:12 It's going to push its way to the northeast, and while it does so,

02:16 it has active weather on the south and snow on the northern side.

02:20 So we still have a lot more to talk about because there's another threat for severe weather Sunday into Sunday night,

02:25 this one including many of the Gulf Coast states from Texas to Louisiana into Alabama and Florida.

02:30 But if you start this storm system in the west, you can see some of that snow starting to gear up here across the four corners.

02:36 And then as this slides its way on south and east, it's going to start to generate more snow into New Mexico.

02:43 And finally, we see the storm system eject into the plains as we head through Saturday night.

02:48 That's when we start to get more of that snow into the Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma Panhandle.

02:52 Heavy rainfall, the risk for severe thunderstorms becomes a bit more prominent throughout the south

02:57 as we get into Sunday afternoon and Sunday evening.

03:00 And as this storm system continues to push its way east, plenty of wet weather on the southern side of it.

03:05 So we will have two to four inches of rainfall through a good chunk of the south from east Texas into parts of southwestern Virginia.

03:13 And that's going to create maybe some localized flooding on the northern side.

03:17 We still have the snow to contend with three plus inches, not too far away from Tulsa, Springfield, Missouri,

03:23 looking at one to three inches. And then the storm is on the move into Monday and Monday night where it finds some cold air.

03:29 And we'll be talking snow on the northern side.

03:32 You can find it there across Pennsylvania and New York, working its way through Boston.

03:36 And just a quick peek at those totals, it's three to six inches in Boston.

03:40 Places like Scranton, Pennsylvania, you'll be on the six inch line.

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