Travel and Flash-Flood Warnings : Snow Hits New England; Cold Air Strikes Rockies

One storm spread snow and freezing rain into New England on Tuesday, another dumped snow on the southern Rockies and cold air pushed into the northern Rockies and Plains.

Winter storm warnings were posted for the mountains and northern sections of New Hampshire, as well as the mountains of southern Maine. About six inches of snow was expected, with a mixture of snow and freezing rain or sleet during the night.

Travelers’ advisories warning of two to five inches of snow were issued for southern Maine, central and southern New Hampshire, Vermont and northeastern New York state.

The snow was produced by a low pressure system over Ohio that also spread rain from the mid-Atlantic states across the Ohio, Tennessee and lower Mississippi valleys and into eastern Texas.

Macedonia, Ark., got 3.64 inches of rain in 24 hours; Canton, Ky., got 2.60 inches, and Memphis, Tenn., got 2.28 inches.

A flash flood watch was posted for middle Tennessee and flood watches were issued over southern and eastern Ohio, western West Virginia and southwestern Virginia.

A trailer park in northwestern Tennessee, at Union City, was evacuated Tuesday when water rose to the bottoms of mobile homes, but residents were allowed to return later in the day, Civil Defense officials said.

Heavy rain also caused flooding in western Kentucky, with more than a foot of water on roads in Fulton County, the National Weather Service said.

Ski Area Gets Snow

Another low pressure system over New Mexico spread snow across the southern Rockies and parts of the southwestern Plains and travelers’ advisories were posted over parts of New Mexico. The storm dumped eight inches of snow at Taos Ski Valley during the night.

Heavy snow fell across parts of Colorado during the night, with 15 inches reported at the Monarch Pass ski area.

Travelers’ advisories also were issued for the Oklahoma Panhandle and the extreme northern Texas Panhandle, where light snow iced roads.

A high pressure system over northwestern Montana brought bitterly cold air to the northern Rockies, the northern Plains and the upper Mississippi Valley.