The mega storm hitting the central U.S. on Friday will catch Minnesota on the northern end, bringing heavy snow and blizzard conditions to the west of the state, and possibly severe thunderstorms to the south and the Twin Cities.

At 2:01 p.m. on Wednesday, the NWS Sacramento CA released an updated winter storm watch valid from Thursday 11 p.m. until Friday 11 p.m. The watch is for Shasta Lake and Mountains Southwestern Shasta County to Western Colusa County as well as Shasta County.

A second round of winter weather this week lasts through late Friday for western Nevada and along I-80 to California.

On Thursday, the storm was bringing heavy snow and strong winds to the Sierra Nevada and heavy rainfall over parts of coastal southern California.

A sweeping storm system moving across the U.S. threatens to bring tornadoes, blizzards and possibly wildfires to different regions of the country

More than 100 million people in the U.S. will be in the path of an intense March storm starting Friday as the sprawling multi-day system threatens fires, blizzards, tornadoes, and flooding as it tracks eastward across the Great Plains.