By Victoria Cavaliere
NEW YORK Sun Mar 2, 2014 12:27pm EST
A swirling Eastern Pacific Ocean storm system headed for California is seen in an image from NOAA's GOES-West satellite taken at 0930 EST (1430 GMT) February 28, 2014.
Credit: Reuters/NASA/NOAA/Handout
<span id="articleText"><span id="midArticle_start"/> NEW YORK (Reuters) - A massive winter storm system packing cold air, snow and freezing rain was pummeling the central United States on Sunday and headed for the East Coast, sending temperatures plummeting and causing major delays for weekend travelers.
<span id="midArticle_1"/>Rainfall and snow associated with the system will stretch over 1,500 miles, stretching from southeastern Colorado to southern Massachusetts, meteorologists said.
<span id="midArticle_2"/>The storm "is going to be a real mess," said Bruce Sullivan, a senior meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Silver Spring, Maryland.
<span id="midArticle_3"/>"The main system is injecting a lot of moisture and cold air out over the Southern Plains," he said. "It's going to bring quite a bit of precipitation."
<span id="midArticle_4"/>Up to 12 inches of snow could fall on an area from eastern Kansas to Pennsylvania before the system dissipates on Monday.
<span id="midArticle_5"/>More than 1,300 flights were canceled and another 1,744 were delayed as of late Sunday morning, according to the airline tracking site FlightAware.com.
<span id="midArticle_6"/>"Ripple-effect flight delays and cancellations are likely to reach nationwide," said AccuWeather meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.
<span id="midArticle_7"/>The storm could also further deplete salt supplies used to ice roads and highways, already at critical lows after a snowy winter in the Northeast.
<span id="midArticle_8"/>SNOW EMERGENCY
<span id="midArticle_9"/>Boston and New York City should see only light snowfall, but lingering freezing rain could complicate Monday morning's rush hour for commuters.
<span id="midArticle_10"/>Parts of southwest Ohio were under a snow emergency on Sunday and in Lake County, northeast of Cleveland, 43 percent of residents, had lost power, authorities said.
<span id="midArticle_11"/>Central Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky were also at risk for heavy ice conditions and power outages, according to AccuWeather.
<span id="midArticle_12"/>Though temperatures will not be as frigid as during some other storm systems this winter, when the so-called polar vortex pushed Arctic air across large swaths of the county, the cold air will blanket areas as far south as Texas and North Carolina.
<span id="midArticle_13"/>Temperatures in the city of Lubbock, Texas, in the northwestern part of the state, were around 80F (26C) on Saturday but by Sunday morning were a bone-chilling 18F (minus 7C), Sullivan said.
<span id="midArticle_14"/>Forecasters urged motorists to use caution as slick roads and fast-moving bands of snow can lead to traffic accidents.
<span id="midArticle_15"/>On Saturday in Colorado, a heavy dump of snow midday led to a 104-vehicle pileup in Denver, leaving one woman dead and 30 other people hospitalized, police and local media said.
<span id="midArticle_16"/>(Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere, additional reporting by Kim Palmer in Cleveland; Editing by Ellen Wulfhorst and Sophie Hares)
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NEW YORK Sun Mar 2, 2014 12:27pm EST
Credit: Reuters/NASA/NOAA/Handout
<span id="articleText"><span id="midArticle_start"/> NEW YORK (Reuters) - A massive winter storm system packing cold air, snow and freezing rain was pummeling the central United States on Sunday and headed for the East Coast, sending temperatures plummeting and causing major delays for weekend travelers.
<span id="midArticle_1"/>Rainfall and snow associated with the system will stretch over 1,500 miles, stretching from southeastern Colorado to southern Massachusetts, meteorologists said.
<span id="midArticle_2"/>The storm "is going to be a real mess," said Bruce Sullivan, a senior meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Silver Spring, Maryland.
<span id="midArticle_3"/>"The main system is injecting a lot of moisture and cold air out over the Southern Plains," he said. "It's going to bring quite a bit of precipitation."
<span id="midArticle_4"/>Up to 12 inches of snow could fall on an area from eastern Kansas to Pennsylvania before the system dissipates on Monday.
<span id="midArticle_5"/>More than 1,300 flights were canceled and another 1,744 were delayed as of late Sunday morning, according to the airline tracking site FlightAware.com.
<span id="midArticle_6"/>"Ripple-effect flight delays and cancellations are likely to reach nationwide," said AccuWeather meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.
<span id="midArticle_7"/>The storm could also further deplete salt supplies used to ice roads and highways, already at critical lows after a snowy winter in the Northeast.
<span id="midArticle_8"/>SNOW EMERGENCY
<span id="midArticle_9"/>Boston and New York City should see only light snowfall, but lingering freezing rain could complicate Monday morning's rush hour for commuters.
<span id="midArticle_10"/>Parts of southwest Ohio were under a snow emergency on Sunday and in Lake County, northeast of Cleveland, 43 percent of residents, had lost power, authorities said.
<span id="midArticle_11"/>Central Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky were also at risk for heavy ice conditions and power outages, according to AccuWeather.
<span id="midArticle_12"/>Though temperatures will not be as frigid as during some other storm systems this winter, when the so-called polar vortex pushed Arctic air across large swaths of the county, the cold air will blanket areas as far south as Texas and North Carolina.
<span id="midArticle_13"/>Temperatures in the city of Lubbock, Texas, in the northwestern part of the state, were around 80F (26C) on Saturday but by Sunday morning were a bone-chilling 18F (minus 7C), Sullivan said.
<span id="midArticle_14"/>Forecasters urged motorists to use caution as slick roads and fast-moving bands of snow can lead to traffic accidents.
<span id="midArticle_15"/>On Saturday in Colorado, a heavy dump of snow midday led to a 104-vehicle pileup in Denver, leaving one woman dead and 30 other people hospitalized, police and local media said.
<span id="midArticle_16"/>(Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere, additional reporting by Kim Palmer in Cleveland; Editing by Ellen Wulfhorst and Sophie Hares)
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