Extreme Weather: Snow And Rain Forecasted For Parts Of US This Week

It may have been an exciting Super Bowl weekend filled with decent weather for some, but for the week of Feb. 13, more than 40 million Americans around the country may be subjected to harsh weather conditions.

The severe weather will begin on Monday when snow and rain are expected to arrive in Portland and Seattle, along with Arizona and New Mexico. By Monday afternoon, meteorologists predict snow will reach the southwest of Colorado.

Snow will also be scattered throughout the Rockies and Cascades on Tuesday morning. Meanwhile, rain will fall in Austin, Texas, and stretch out to Omaha, Nebraska, that same day.

Rain will move farther east starting Tuesday evening and hit areas stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian border along the Mississippi River Valley.

The storms are expected Wednesday night in the southern regions, like Dallas, as well as Shreveport, Louisiana, and Little Rock, Arkansas, and Memphis, Tennessee. The storms may create dangerous conditions such as threatening winds and tornadoes.

Hail could also accompany any storms that turn severe. However, the magnitude of this severe weather threat could change as the storm approaches.

Strong storms from Wednesday night could carry rain overnight to areas stretching from Jackson, Mississippi, to Cincinnati and create severe weather conditions by Thursday morning. Snow is also expected to hit Kansas City and reach Omaha and Milwaukee.

The storms could bring damaging straight-line winds, heavy rainfall, and possibly a few tornadoes.

Thursday evening may see storms hit areas stretching to the Great Lakes, Nashville, Tennessee, and Louisville, Kentucky, as well as Ohio's major cities: Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland.

While some severe weather could linger along the Southeast coast on Friday, the severe conditions aren't expected to continue once it hits the east coast.