By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 02:48 EST, 20 December 2013 | UPDATED: 03:21 EST, 20 December 2013 Christmas travelers hitting the roads and skies this weekend face tornado warning in the South, severe downpours further north and a thick band of snowy conditions in the Midwest through the weekend. Major airport hubs from Dallas to Chicago, Atlanta, New York and Boston can expect to be affected by some extreme or another through Monday. Conditions will begin to calm down by the time the holiday finally rolls around Wednesday, with only parts of the northern Midwest expecting a white Christmas this year.
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Severe thunderstorms will hit a chunk of the southern U.S. along with the threat of tornadoes just as millions of travelers take to the roads and air for holiday travel this weekend
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Much of the Southeast is due to be drenched as a warm front moves through the region into Sunday
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The northernmost stretches of the Midwest, the Great Lakes region and much of New England will receive a liberal dumping of snow Friday
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Unseasonably warm temperatures expected for the East Coast until rains move in Sunday
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