Massive Winter Storm to Move Across U.S.

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Massive winter storm to dump torrential rain, heavy snow coast-to-coast

A powerful winter storm system is forecast to move across the western U.S. this weekend dumping heavy rain and mountain snow, with floods and mudslides possible in southern California, said NWS.

The storm will push eastward this weekend bringing a dangerous wintry mix of precipitation to much of the central Plains to Ohio Valley late Saturday and Sunday, and eventually to the East Coast by Monday.

A surge of anomalously cold Arctic air is expected to cause a large-scale winter weather event across the Middle Mississippi and Ohio Valleys later this weekend, forecasters said.

Weather Hazards Map (Hazmap)  for Saturday, March 1, 2014. Issued at 04:00UTC. Source: NWS. UPDATE