Travel warning issued for 15 states as multiple winter storms batter the US
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Travel warnings have been issued for 15 states as multiple winter storms are set to unleash ice and snow from central US to the East Coast. Snow and a wintery mix is heading for the coastal Northeast to the interior Southeast, and potentially as far west as the Tennessee Valley, Ohio Valley and the Appalachians starting Sunday into Monday, which may create slick roads and travel delays.
![[The third winter storm will create more widespread travel trouble as it spreads snow and a wintery mix across 12 states Sunday through Monday]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/14/94122739-14287727-image-a-1_1736951081372.jpg)
States along the path include western North Carolina and Virginia, eastern Kentucky and Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. But prior to this storm, two others will hit eastern states, with the first spreading snow from the Midwest to the central Appalachians starting Wednesday evening into Thursday night.
![[The first of this week's winter storms will bring one to three inches of snow as it moves swiftly across the Midwest and central Appalachians from Wednesday evening to Thursday night]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/14/94122747-14287727-image-a-6_1736952740761.jpg)
The second storm will spread rain, snow and a wintery mix from the the northwest Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes starting Friday. Slippery road conditions will begin to take shape as this storm coincides with cold ground temperatures, causing spotty ice to form in parts of the Appalachians and Piedmont regions from Friday to Saturday.
![[The second storm could bring a wintery mix to the area along Interstate 70 in the Midwest, and intermittent snow could stretch farther north to the Great Lakes from Friday night to Saturday, and from the central Appalachians to northern New England Saturday to Saturday night]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/14/94122749-14287727-image-a-2_1736952634392.jpg)
As colder air moves into the East on the back side of the first storm, a freeze-up could occur in parts of the Ohio and Tennessee Valley to the Central Appalachians, and even the Northeast coast Saturday night. Multiple winter storms are brewing from the central US to the East Coast, prompting meteorologists to issue travel warnings in 12 states.
![[The Southeast will get soaked with rain from Friday night to Saturday evening, with the potential for a couple of heavy thunderstorms as well]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/14/94122743-14287727-image-a-3_1736952638745.jpg)
'At this time, most likely snow will have departed Washington, DC in time for the Presidential inauguration on Monday, but there may be slippery conditions for those traveling to the nation's capital from Sunday to early Monday morning,' AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Adam Douty warned.
![[Next week, feels-like temperatures 10 to 20 F below average will linger across the US for the third consecutive week]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/14/94122737-14287727-image-a-5_1736952701403.jpg)
