Warnings issued, more snowfall expected

A severe winter storm is expected to hit the southern U.S. this week before potentially targeting the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions as it pushes north and threatens to cause dangerous travel conditions, traffic congestion and ground flights, forecasters warned.

Starting Wednesday night, the storm system will move across Texas, Arkansas and the Tennessee Valley, bringing 4 to 8 inches of snow to a part of the southern U.S. that has seen unusually cold temperatures this week from a blast of arctic air.

Winter storm warnings for northeast Texas, southeast Oklahoma and southern Arkansas were scheduled to go into effect early Thursday morning and expire Friday afternoon. The National Weather Service office in Dallas warned that the storm could dump 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm) of snow on the city and surrounding areas, with isolated amounts of up to 8 inches (20 cm).

“In places that don’t get snow or ice very often, like Austin, Dallas, Little Rock and Nashville, it’s going to be a big deal,” AccuWeather meteorologist Tom Kines told USA TODAY earlier this week, noting that southern Cities like this Dallas could see the heaviest snowfall in several years.

As the storm moves east, forecasters expect it to bring snow to Nashville, Atlanta, and Charlotte, North Carolina, as it moves across the Appalachian Mountains early this weekend. Major airports from Texas to Atlanta and the Carolinas could experience significant delays and cancellations.

It’s uncertain how much snow, if any, the storm will bring to the Mid-Atlantic, where a major, deadly winter storm earlier this week brought historic daily snowfall. Scenarios vary widely depending on how much momentum the storm maintains as it sweeps across the Appalachian Mountains.

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