A snowstorm is expected to take shape by the weekend, poised to impact 50 million residents from Colorado to Michigan. The storm could cause major travel delays for people returning home from Thanksgiving.

According to Accuweather.com , a large area is forecast to receive 6-12 inches of snow from South Dakota through Iowa, southern Minnesota, northwestern Illinois and southern Wisconsin into the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.

From northern Missouri and central Illinois into Ohio and western New York, rain will fall during the height of the storm, reducing storm-total snowfall.

For the rest of the eastern U.S. it's a rain event this weekend. Severe thunderstorms are possible Saturday afternoon and night across northeastern Texas, western Louisiana and southern Arkansas.

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