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Weekend storm brings season’s first widespread freeze to millions across U.S.

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Silva, D. (2026, November 13). Weekend storm brings season’s first widespread freeze to millions across U.S. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/storms/weekend-storm-bring-seasons-first-widespread-freeze-millions-us-rcna609181

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NBC News · collected 2026-11-13 · by Daniella Silva

Quick Summary

A departing storm dropped between 10 and 12.5 inches of snow across various parts of New York State on Friday, while a second storm system is expected to bring the season's first widespread freeze to millions of people across the country this weekend. Forecasts show wind chill temperatures dropping as low as 24 degrees in Chicago and 31 degrees in Atlanta, with frost and freeze alerts active from eastern Oklahoma to the coastal Carolinas and southern Alabama. Simultaneously, a Pacific storm will bring heavy rain to the West Coast and up to 18 inches of snow to the Sierra Nevada, while a separate system threatens 3-5 inches of rain and potential urban flooding in Southeast Texas on Sunday. The report provides a multi-regional weather outlook covering snow, freezing temperatures, and flood risks across the eastern, western, and southern United States.
Written by AI on 2026-11-13, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Daniella Silva
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Alabama Atlanta California New York Oklahoma

Subjects

California GPE · 3× New York GPE · 3× Alabama ORG · 2× Atlanta GPE · 2× Beaumont PERSON · 2× Oklahoma GPE · 2× Texas ORG · 2× Burlington GPE · 1× Hartwick GPE · 1× New York State GPE · 1×

Narrative

Chicago will see wind chill temperatures on Saturday and Sunday of 24 and 27 degrees, with New York seeing 34 and 40 degrees, Atlanta seeing 31 and 32 degrees and Tallahassee, Florida, seeing 35 and 32 degree wind chill temperatures.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-13
A departing storm brought more than a foot of snow to parts of New York State on Friday, while this weekend the nation will see its first widespread freeze event of the season.

Claims (16 extracted, 2 hedged)

A departing storm brought more than a foot of snow to parts of New York State on Friday, while this weekend the nation will see its first widespread freeze event of the season. asserted
nation → depart → season
As of Friday morning in New York, 12.5 inches of snow had fallen in Hartwick, 12 inches in Burlington, 11.5 inches in Exeter Center and 10 inches in Cherry Valley. asserted
inches → fall → Valley
Multiple locations in the Catskills region of the state saw 3 to 7 inches of snow. asserted
locations → see → snow
The morning’s wet snow will gradually taper off throughout the day, as rounds of rain were expected to impact the I-95 corridor from Philadelphia to New York. asserted
rounds → taper → York
This storm will head out to sea Saturday, but cold northerly winds behind it will create lake-effect snow, rain showers and light snow across the Adirondacks, Berkshires, and Green and White Mountains in the Northeast. asserted
winds → head → Northeast
The first big freeze Another storm this weekend will bring the first below-freezing temperatures to millions around the country. asserted
storm → bring → country
Chicago will see wind chill temperatures on Saturday and Sunday of 24 and 27 degrees, with New York seeing 34 and 40 degrees, Atlanta seeing 31 and 32 degrees and Tallahassee, Florida, seeing 35 and 32 degree wind chill temperatures. asserted
Tallahassee → see → temperatures
Frost and freeze alerts are in effect from eastern Oklahoma to the coastal Carolinas, stretching as far south as southern Alabama. asserted
alerts → stretch → Alabama
Some of the cities under the frost and freeze alerts include Tulsa, Oklahoma; Little Rock, Arkansas; Birmingham, Alabama; Atlanta, Georgia, and Raleigh, North Carolina. asserted
Some → include → Tulsa
Meanwhile, on the West Coast, a storm on Friday coming in off the Pacific will bring heavy rain from northern Washington to southern California as heavy snow blankets the Sierra Nevada mountain range. asserted
snow → come → range
For southern California, some isolated thunderstorms are possible, including for the Los Angeles metro area. asserted
thunderstorms → include → area
The active pattern will continue through the weekend, with the next storm system set to come into the Pacific Northwest Saturday night through Sunday. asserted
system → continue → Sunday
Heavy rain for South Texas On Sunday, Southeast Texas into western Louisiana will see heavy rain capable of producing some urban flooding. asserted
Texas → see → flooding
Rainfall amounts will generally be 1-2 inches, but there could be some localized areas along the southeast Texas coast that could see 3-5 inches. uncertain
that → see → inches
The cities of Houston, Galveston, Beaumont, and Lake Charles could be impacted. uncertain
cities → impact → Houston
A few strong storms capable of damaging winds will also be possible for southeastern Texas on Sunday, stretching from Beaumont to Brownsville. asserted
storms → damage → Brownsville
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