The same storm system that hammered Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky with severe thunderstorms, as much as four to eight inches of rain and reports of multiple tornadoes on Thursday is tracking quickly up the east coast, said National Weather Service meteorologist John Koch.

Emergency officials in Tennessee are still taking stock of damage from the violent storm.

At the peak of Thursday's storm nearly 20,000 homes in Nashville were without power and 27,000 homes in Memphis experienced outages.

The combination of wind, rain and snow headed for the Northeast could bring more of the same.

The Washington, Philadelphia and New York City areas will likely only see rain, with precipitation totals across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast expected to be one to two inches, said Koch. Boston is seeing heavy rain that could turn into a sloppy mix of rain and snow overnight.

The hard hitting, rapidly falling precipitation could lead to urban flooding, especially with many drains clogged with leftover ice, snow and debris from a series of storms in January and early February, meteorologists said.

Parts of northern Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island are under a flood watch until late Friday night.

Heavy, wet snow falling at about half an inch per hour late on Friday morning in Albany, New York, could result in downed power lines, according to the National Weather Service. Lake Placid, New York, has already had 7 inches of snow. Snow is falling at 1 to 2 inches an hour near Burlington, Vermont.

Wind gusts of up to 50 mph in some spots are expected from Cape Cod to Virginia, said Koch.

Boston's Logan International Airport was mostly unaffected by the weather patterns, with cancellations only announced on Cape Air due to the winds and the small aircraft it operates, spokesman Phil Orlandella said.

Weather Channel forecasts another storm system will move in on Saturday bringing more snow to the region over the weekend.