white house, thank you. tonight, and other major winter storm system threatening much of the country. snow fell in parts of arizona and nevada today, while the south braces for more severe weather. let's bring in meteorologist mike bettes. he is with our partners at the weather channel be a good evening, mike. >> norah, good evening. this next major storm has many facets to it including severe weather across the south. we just had numerous tornadoes touched on a couple of days ago across the south, and now notice the forecast shows a larger area could be impacted tonight through the day tomorrow, from texas all the way to the carolinas. the storms will hit while many people are sleeping overnight tonight, and yes it does include a tornado threat that will last through the evening tomorrow and extend down into florida, as well. then there is the winter side of all of this be of blast of wind and snow from the planes across the midwest, cities like des moines, milwaukee, chicago, detroit will get hit. the blowing snow with wins 50-6d create a true blizzard conditions here around the great lakes. a foot to a foot and a half centered on milwaukee, as well as chicago. lane to the south.