Winter storm warning issued for 18 states as 'Cora' is set to bury the South in up to 12 inches of snow
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A winter storm is forecasted to sweep across a 1,400-mile-long swath of the southern US starting Thursday, burying some states in up to a foot of snow. The enormous path of the storm, dubbed Cora, spans 18 states from New Mexico to Virginia where the National Weather Service (NWS) has issued winter storm watches, warnings, and/or winter weather advisories.
![[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/2025/01/09/17/93873899-14267005-By_Thursday_driving_could_be_hazardous_in_Oklahoma_City_Tulsa_Da-a-1_1736444031966.jpg)
One to six inches of snow could accumulate from central Texas through much of Tennessee and the southern Appalachians over then next two days. 'Should six 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.
![[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/2025/01/09/17/93873897-14267005-Wintery_precipitation_should_taper_off_in_Texas_and_Oklahoma_by_-a-2_1736444031966.jpg)
But pockets of heavier snowfall up to 12 inches are possible from just north of Dallas to Little Rock, Arkansas, as well as eastern Tennessee and high elevations of western North Carolina, according to AccuWeather meteorologists. Cora's impact could stretch into the Ohio Valley, Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, though storm conditions will be minor in these regions.
![[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/2025/01/09/15/93873895-14267005-Heading_into_the_weekend_the_storm_will_move_into_the_mid_Atlant-a-4_1736436629268.jpg)
Temperatures have plunged well below average across the South, which will allow snow and ice to accumulate Thursday and Friday. Widespread icing may be heavy enough to cause scattered power outages, as many states in the storm's path are still working to restore electricity in the wake of Winter Storm Blair.
![[Should six inches of snow fall in Dallas, it would be in the top-five snowfalls on record. A jogger trots on a snow covered road in Louisville, Kentucky on January 5]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/09/16/93921587-14267005-image-a-13_1736441542966.jpg)
