Winter weather warnings have been issued in 11 states amid a massive snowstorm that is expected to dump up to five feet of snow in some areas. The warnings were issued in Virginia, Montana, Maryland, California, West Virginia, Idaho, Nevada, South Carolina, Colorado, Alaska, and Utah.

Snow made its first appearance of the season Thursday and Friday across portions of the eastern U.S., with flakes reported as far south as the mountains of North Carolina. The sudden cold snap and first flakes mark a stark departure from the mild fall of recent weeks in the region.

We're one month away from the first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, but Maryland already saw its first winter weather on Friday, Nov. 22.

Parts of Maryland and Virginia could possibly see up to a foot of snow as a winter storm moves across the region Thursday into Friday.

Over 6 inches of snow is possible in parts of Pennsylvania, including the Pocono Mountains, as a winter storm brews in the Northeast.

A winter storm system brought rain and several inches of snow to much of the East Coast on Friday, November 22. In Pennsylvania, the season's first heavy snowfall knocked down trees and power lines, leaving thousands without power.

The Poconos will be under a winter storm warning from 4 p.m. Thursday to 4 p.m. Friday. "Totals will be highly elevation dependent" in Pike and Wayne counties, the National Weather Service said, from just a few inches of snow in valleys to "5-12 inches above 1,