Winter Storm Titan To Hit Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas and More

Winter Storm Titan will track eastward Sunday into Monday with threats of significant snow and ice from parts of the Midwest and Mid-South to the Middle Atlantic.

Sunday: Snow, sleet and freezing rain spreads east and becomes heavier. Significant ice accumulation is likely Sunday and Sunday night from parts of northeast Texas to Arkansas, northern Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia. Snow will pile up farther north from the central Plains into the mid-Mississippi Valley and Ohio Valley. The threats spread into the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Sunday afternoon and night.

Monday: Snow tapers off in the Ohio Valley, but should linger in the Appalachians and along parts of the I-95 Northeast corridor much of the day, before ending in the evening. Ice/sleet areas should shift south during the day before ending.

Ice Threat

Threat area: The Mid-South region, Ozarks, Ohio Valley and southern Plains Sunday and Sunday night. Parts of the Appalachians, lower elevations of northern N.C., Va., Md., Del. late Sunday into Monday.

How much ice: Threat of significant, damaging ice accumulation across parts of Ark., northwest Miss., west and north Tenn., Ky., W.V. Power outages and tree damage may be widespread (see inset map). Lighter ice accumulation east of the Appalachians and in parts of Oklahoma and north Texas may lead to hazardous roads.

Accumulating sleet: One-half inch or more of sleet may pile up from the Plains of Kan. and Okla. into Ark., central and southern Mo., southern Ill., southern Ind., Ky., northern Tenn., southern Ohio, W.V., Va. and northern N.C. In many of these areas, sleet may be followed by snow. Expect roads to become treacherous.

Wind threat: North to northeast winds on the order of 10-20 mph, with higher gusts will develop in the ice threat area Sunday and most of Monday. This will cause additional stress on ice-weighted trees and powerlines and could exacerbate the potential damage from this storm.

It should be noted, sleet and freezing rain may be heavy, at times, accompanied by frequent lightning in the damaging ice threat area mentioned above. Given this, road conditions may deteriorate in as fast as an hour or so.

Snow Threat

Midwest: Sunday into early Monday we expect up to 6 inches of accumulation from the Plains of Kansas into Ohio and northern Kentucky. Locally heavier amounts are possible.

Midwest travel impact: Road conditions will deteriorate quickly Sunday into Monday in the heavy snow zone mentioned above. Some blowing and drifting snow is possible, particularly on east-west routes, even after the snow ends on Monday. Delays/cancelations at some major airport hubs are possible.

East: Rain is possible to start on Sunday, then transitioning to a wintry mix and snow Sunday night through Monday, before tapering off late Monday afternoon and evening. More than six inches of snow is possible from near or just south of the Philadelphia metro area southward to Delaware, Maryland, northern Virginia, the District of Columbia and West Virginia. Within this swath, some spots will see up to one foot of total snow through late Monday afternoon. Snow amounts will taper greatly farther to the north, with only 1 to 3 inches expected in the New York City area and no significant accumulations in Boston. Accumulating snow is also possible as far south as northern North Carolina.

East travel impact: Road conditions will deteriorate quickly overnight Sunday evening, with treacherous travel likely on Monday. Major impact on Northeast airport hubs with numerous cancelations/delays likely Monday.

SOURCE The Weather Channel.