Winter Storm Cora will sweep snow and ice across much of the South from Texas to Virginia through Friday night, disrupting traffic in Dallas-Ft. Worth, Nashville and Atlanta, among others.

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Winter Storm Warnings

Various winter weather advisories, including winter storm warnings and warnings and advisories, are shown in the map below from the Southern Plains to the Southeast. These winter warnings are in effect in Atlanta, Birmingham, Alabama, Dallas-Fort Worth, Little Rock and Memphis.

By the end of the week, expect dangerous travel conditions, delays and closures in some of these areas.

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• The Southern Plains may experience light snow, sleet and freezing rain or drizzle in at least some areas Wednesday evening.
• Snow is expected Thursday for parts of North Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, southern Kansas and southwest Missouri.
• A band of sleet and freezing rain could extend from central and northern Texas into southern Arkansas.
• Driving could occur Thursday in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Dallas-Ft. be dangerous. Worth, Little Rock and the Texas Hill Country.

Friday

• Any wintry precipitation in Oklahoma and Texas should end by midday.
• Snow will spread from the Mid-South region to Kentucky, Tennessee, the far northern portions of Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, into North Carolina and upstate South Carolina.
• Areas south of this main snow band may experience a wintry mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain, generally near and north of Interstate 20 from northern Louisiana to Georgia and South Carolina.
• This could result in treacherous driving in these areas, with some roads potentially becoming impassable, particularly in hilly or mountainous terrain.
• Metropolitan areas that could experience wintry travel conditions for at least part of Friday include Atlanta, Birmingham, Charlotte, Huntsville, Little Rock, Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville.
• Lighter snow from this system could also cause travel as far north as the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley to slide. This snow will spread into the Mid-Atlantic and parts of the Northeast Friday evening.

Saturday

• There may still be areas of snow, especially early, near the East Coast and in the Appalachian Mountains.
• Parts of eastern North Carolina may also experience light sleet or freezing rain early this morning.
• The trip could be challenging, especially early, because of the snow and ice that has already fallen from the Tennessee Valley to the Delmarva Peninsula.

Snow and ice forecast amounts

• Moderate snow accumulations are expected from far northern Texas and southeastern Oklahoma to Arkansas, northern Mississippi, northern Alabama, northern Georgia, southern Tennessee and far western North Carolina. In some areas that means accumulations of up to 5 inches could occur, with locally higher totals up to 10 inches possible.
• South of there, the wintry mix complicates forecast snowfall totals, but some areas near and north of cities like Atlanta, Greenville, South Carolina and Charlotte could see a few inches of snow and sleet accumulate.
• Elsewhere, light amounts of snow ranging from a dust cloud to a few inches are expected from southern Kansas and Missouri to the Ohio Valley and east.

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• From central and north Texas to northern Georgia and the Carolinas, sleet or freezing rain is possible, generally in the areas shaded pink below. This can be enough to make roads dangerous and cause tree damage and power outages in some areas.

Atlantic Bomb Cyclone is unlikely to be a problem for the East Coast

• Once Cora is done with the south, the low pressure system will move into the western Atlantic.
• Most computer model forecasts expect the low to strengthen, possibly to a trough off the East Coast.
• With this in mind, we do not expect any further impacts along the East Coast this weekend.

Jonathan Erdman is the senior meteorologist at Weather.com and has been reporting on domestic and international weather conditions since 1996. Extreme and bizarre weather conditions are his favorite topics. Contact him at Bluesky, X (formerly Twitter) And Facebook.​