Winter storm warnings are in effect across most of Kansas and a large portion of northern Missouri. Kansas City could see as much as six inches of snow by this evening. St. Louis will start out with rain this morning that will turn into snow later today. There are freezing rain warnings for parts of Oklahoma as temperatures are expected to fall throughout the morning. Heavy rain will fall over much of Texas to Mississippi.
Severe thunderstorms are possible from southern Arizona to western Alabama today.
Minor flooding is expected over some roads and agricultural lands. Wildfire Contained A wildfire that burned 10,000 acres of central Florida swampland and closed a major highway was contained yesterday for the first time since it broke out February 16. Fire crews hoped to open a 10-mile stretch of Interstate 4, which connects Orlando and Tampa, by this morning. It has been closed for 10 days.