Winter Storm Watches Issued in Nine States Before Cross-country Snowstorm

Some areas may see 12 inches of snow or more. Regardless of accumulations, the storm will be a shocking change to recent weather in the West and Midwest. On Thursday, parts of nine states were under winter storm warnings and watches as the wintry storm started forming over the western U.S. Forecasters at AccuWeather believe a growing cross-country storm will unleash all types of severe weather late this week and into the weekend.