Storm to drop snow, ice and threaten travel disruptions across central US into Thursday

A storm will spread locally heavy snow, produce ice and cause travel problems from Arkansas and Mississippi to Michigan and Ohio into Thursday night.

The storm is tapping into unusually cold air for the middle of November over the Central states. Temperatures dipped to the freezing mark as far south as central Texas and the Interstate 20 corridor of the lower Mississippi Valley.

The storm has already produced some snow in Tennessee, northwestern Mississippi and in a large part of Arkansas as of Wednesday morning.

Two people died and 44 more injured on Wednesday afternoon after a tour bus overturned in DeSoto County, Mississippi, amid slick road conditions, according to the Associated Press.

However, the heaviest snow and ice from the storm west of the Appalachians will target areas from eastern Missouri to southern Illinois and western Kentucky during Wednesday night and Thursday.

This area can expect a general 1-4 inches of snow with amounts locally between 6 and 10 inches.

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