California Heavy snow, flash flood watches hit California as central US prepares for tornado threats

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Heavy snow, flash flood watches hit California as central US prepares for tornado threats. Alarge winter storm is forecast to bring heavy snow and dangerous travel conditions to the West this weekend before barreling toward the central U.S. As the storm heads toward the Plains, it may trigger severe thunderstorms and possibly a tornado outbreak in the country's midsection next week, while blizzard conditions may continue on the storm's cold sides to the north and west, according to AccuWeather.
\"You name it, this storm will bring it in terms of wild weather next week,\" Winter storm warnings were issued Saturday across much of the West, including parts of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, northern California and Nevada.