The central Plains into the midwest is bracing for a potentially crippling blizzard, which is expected to begin impacting Kansas and points north and east tomorrow. Most of Kansas and Nebraska could see 12" or more of snow by Wednseday morning, but the huge complicating factor is the 30+ MPH sustained winds that are expected in conjunction with the "atmostpheric bomb" that can be seen on the surface wind map above. This will likely lead to incredible drifting, closed highways and Interstates and possibly power outages, not to mention dangerous wind chills. The system will progress gradually  east into western Missouri, Iowa, southern Minnesota, southwest Wisconsin and northern Illinois Wednesday, where even more snow is possible by mid-day Wednseday, along with 30-50 MPH winds! Accumulating ice is possible in the central Appalachians/Laurel Highlands during the same timeframe; there is also a heightened severe weather threat in the southeast! Andrew Butler will be streaming this snow event from Minnesota, and several other streamers will likely be out as well, including Reed and Chris and members of the TwisterData, Thunder and ETT stream teams for the winter storm event, as well as Andrew Pritchard from Illinois. Dennis Sherrod will likely be out streaming in the Gulf coast area for the severe weather end of the spectrum. Stay tuned for updates, and be sure to follow the event on the Live page!