Winter storm warning for 9 states as millions are told: Don't leave home unless 'absolutely necessary'
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As Winter Storm Cora barrels toward the southern US, nine states are closing schools, stocking up on supplies and preparing for dangerous roads. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued winter storm watches and warnings for large swaths of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky and the entire state of Tennessee.
![[By Thursday, driving could be hazardous in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Little Rock and the Texas Hill Country, The Weather Channel reported.]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/08/17/93873899-14262821-By_Thursday_driving_could_be_hazardous_in_Oklahoma_City_Tulsa_Da-a-123_1736356629738.jpg)
Snow and ice will create travel mayhem from Texas to the Carolinas and Virginia, including in and around Dallas-Fort Worth, Nashville, Atlanta and other cities, according to The Weather Channel. AccuWeather stated that the risk of a significant ice storm could trigger widespread power outages is increasing for parts of northeastern Texas to northern Louisiana and southern Arkansas.
![[Wintery precipitation should taper off in Texas and Oklahoma by midday Friday, but snow will spread further east into Kentucky, Tennessee, northern Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and upstate South Carolina]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/08/15/93873897-14262821-image-a-4_1736350832062.jpg)
'Persons should delay travel if possible. If travel is absolutely necessary, drive with extreme caution and be prepared for sudden changes in visibility,' the NWS advised in a Wednesday morning update. The warning comes as a person was found frozen to death at a bus stop in Houston, Texas during a winter storm that hit earlier this week.
![[Heading into the weekend, the storm will move into the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, with areas of snow lingering near the Eastern Seaboard and in the Appalachians early Saturday]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/08/15/93873895-14262821-image-a-5_1736350835753.jpg)
The heaviest snowfall will hit far northern Texas and southeast Oklahoma into Arkansas, northern Mississippi, northern Alabama, northern Georgia, southern Tennessee and extreme western North Carolina, including in Dallas and Little Rock. 'Should 6 inches of snow fall in Dallas, it would be in the top-five snowfalls on record,' AccuWeather Senior Director of Forecasting Operations Dan DePodwin said.
![[A freeze warning sign stands outside of an apartment complex in North Texas as the area braces for Winter Storm Cora]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/08/15/93874639-14262821-image-a-12_1736351439840.jpg)
