NEW YORK — A grab bag of weather conditions — including snow and sleet — descended on communities from the mid-Atlantic to the Northeast on Monday, but with many people off for Presidents’ Day it was another day to hunker
NEW YORK — A grab bag of weather conditions — including snow and sleet — descended on communities from the mid-Atlantic to the Northeast on Monday, but with many people off for Presidents’ Day it was another day to hunker down.
Officials also investigated reports of at least two possible tornadoes Monday in Mississippi and damage to a school.
National Weather Service meteorologist Anna Wolverton said that on the Lincoln-Copiah county line, damage was reported to the Wesson Attendance Center, as well as to some other structures. Windows were blown out in cars and ceilings damaged at the K-12 school.
The school was in session, but Mississippi Department of Education spokeswoman Patrice Guilfoyle said she had no reports of injuries.
Damage also was reported to chicken houses and a shop in Leake County, Miss., from a second possible tornado.
The tornadoes are part of the same large winter storm system hammering the eastern part of the U.S., bringing rain, strong winds, snow and sleet. The weather service forecast Monday to be snowy in many areas before sleet or freezing rain started and rain arrived.
Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia could get 1-3 inches of snow and New York City could get 4 inches. Places such as eastern Ohio and western New York were forecast to receive significantly more.
The storm comes after much of the northeastern United States experienced record cold on Valentine’s Day. From New York and Boston to Providence, R.I., and Hartford, Conn., temperatures Sunday morning dipped to as low as 40 below zero.
