Snowstorms Close in on Eastern US

In western Kentucky, the National Weather Service says snowfall could total 6-8 inches, with some locations possibly receiving up to a foot of snow.

The weather service says the Louisville area could expect 6-11 inches of snow and sleet starting early March 7.

At
Houchens on the bypass in Bowling Green, workers say traffic in the
store was higher than normal for that time of day, but there's still
plenty of supplies on the shelf if you're still in need.

Awareness of the possibility of severe weather has certainly been
heightened after the tornadoes that swept through the area in February
and the snow and ice that fell last week.

It's evident that you're taking precautions because the Houchens on the bypass has sold out of weather radios.

Scattered snow showers are on tap for Metro Detroit into the afternoon Thursday, a dramatic difference from a winter storm meteorologists expect to hit northern parts of the region this weekend.

Beginning Friday, a storm could move into the area from the Ohio Valley, bringing as much as 8 inches by Sunday, said Cory Behnke, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in White Lake Township.

The snow will come in waves, instead of one continuous dumping like a storm that buried Metro Detroit on Tuesday and Wednesday, he said.

Yesterday, during the initial stages of this storms development, heavy snow fell in parts of north central Texas, with as much as 6 inches in the north suburbs of Fort Worth, Texas, with as much as 9 inches Sherman, Texas. Overnight, heavy snow dropped as much as 8 inches to parts of northwest Arkansas.

Today into tonight, heavy snow will develop northeastward, along and north of the Ohio River, and into the western New England States into Saturday. Rain will transition to snow and sleet from parts of northern Mississippi, northern Alabama, through the Tennessee Valley, into the central Appalachians.

Several inches of sno