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A sprawling storm that blanketed some parts of the Northeast with up to seven inches of snow and deluged parts of the South with heavy rain and deadly flooding was delivering powerful, damaging winds from Georgia to New England that will last into Monday.
Power outages, downed trees and hazardous road conditions could disrupt daily life and upend travel plans.
Sunday’s wind event delivered gusts approaching or exceeding hurricane strength, including 76 m.p.h. gusts at Camp David, located about 1,841 feet in the Catoctin Mountains in northern Frederick County, Md., according to the Weather Service. Sustained hurricane force winds start at 74 m.p.h.
Wind gusts of 71 m.p.h. were recorded at Atlantic City International Airport, according to the Weather Service. At Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, the winds were recorded up to 65 m.p.h., said Connor Belak, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
One woman died in Philadelphia after a tree fell onto her vehicle on Sunday evening, the Philadelphia Police Department said.
The high winds led to widespread power outages across much of the Mid-Atlantic on Sunday, according to Poweroutage.us, which tracks power outages in real-time.
At Kennedy International Airport in New York, the winds were expected to delay up to 200 flights on Sunday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Winds were also causing delays at LaGuardia International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport and Ronald Reagan International Airport and Dulles International Airport in the Washington, D.C., area, the F.A.A. said.
In parts of the Allegheny Mountains, which straddle Virginia and West Virginia and extend into Maryland and Pennsylvania, a blizzard warning is in effect until 3 p.m. Monday.
Across many parts of the Northeast, the snow was set to turn into sleet and freezing rain through Sunday night, with ice accumulations of up to a quarter inch, according to the Weather Prediction Center said.
On Sunday, Washington could record up to a half inch of rain, to go along with thunderstorms, heavy rain and winds up to 60 m.p.h.
“We’re going to see a pretty big temperature swing too, with temperatures going from the mid-60s down into the 30s by the overnight hours,” Mr. Belak said.
About 2.5 inches of snow fell on Saturday evening in parts of Connecticut, including Fairfield and Middlesex Counties. Areas across Massachusetts and Rhode Island got two to five inches of snow by Sunday morning and as much as seven inches fell in northern Massachusetts.
An unusual surge of warm, springlike moisture poured into the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys and the lower Mississippi Valley on Saturday — triggering torrential rains that turned roads into rivers and created a sloppy, wet mess.
Some of the worst flooding occurred in northwest Tennessee and in western and central Kentucky. At least 10 people have died in the severe weather in Southern states.
By Monday morning, the storm is expected to be centered over Maine and southeast Canada before drifting northeast into the Atlantic Ocean.
This storm is dragging a mass of bitter cold Arctic air from Canada into the Great Plains and will pull it into the south-central United States. Some locations will likely record their lowest temperatures of the winter so far, the Weather Prediction Center said.
The cold will set the stage for the next winter storm, which is expected to hit the Central Plains on Monday night, the Mid-Atlantic by Wednesday and the Northeast by Thursday, although details were still uncertain.
Johnny Diaz, Nazaneen Ghaffar and Alexandra E. Petri contributed reporting.
