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Athletes warm up for the women's Skeleton World Championships in Lake Placid, N.Y., on Thursday. Upstate New York is expected to get more snow on Friday.
By weather.com and msnbc.com staff
A winter storm was expected to?leave a?"stripe of snow" across the Midwest before moving into upstate New York and northern New England on Friday morning, weather.com reported.
Meteorologist Tim Ballisty predicted that Chicago could receive "a half foot or more" of snow as well as "a few lightning strikes and a rumble of thunder."
"On Thursday into Friday, look for a stripe of snow to lay down from the Dakotas into Iowa, northern Illinois, far northern Indiana and lower Michigan," he added. "The bulk of the heaviest snow will fall south of Milwaukee -- closer to the Wisconsin/Illinois border."
The storm?dropped several inches of snow over parts of North and South Dakota on Thursday with?some places getting?more than a foot of snow.
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"Look for areas north and west of Detroit, such as Flint, to pick up some of the heaviest snow across lower Michigan," Ballisty said. "It's here where we anticipate snowfall amounts to surpass 6 inches.?Still, a decent snowfall will make its way into the Motor City on Thursday night with the heaviest snowfall rates occurring during the overnight hours."
Ballisty predicted that?the storm would march into upstate New York and?northern New England on Friday morning.
"Look for the heaviest snow to fall over the higher terrain of northern New York and Vermont," he said.?"This includes Burlington, Vermont where snow totals could exceed?half a foot."
Boston was also?expected to be hit with a "slushy inch or two," Ballisty added.
Weather.com's?Tim Ballisty and msnbc.com staff contributed to this report.
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