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Wintry weather spreads across the South
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1/9/2025
Significant snow and icy precipitation are moving from Texas to the Carolinas.
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For more on the current situation, let's bring in AccuWeather chief meteorologist John Porter.
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Good afternoon. Another major winter storm, this one affecting the southern part of the United
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States in an area less where snow and ice is less common. There's less snow plows and less
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snow fighting equipment. And you know, John, we continue to monitor this ever developing
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situation. And on the map behind you, we see a lot of different colors. Can you just break that
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down a little bit more for us? Yeah, and that's going to be emblematic of what we're going to
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be dealing with here over the next couple of days. To the north, in the blue area here, this is all
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snow. And where that blue is darker, that's where we're dealing with some heavier bands of snow,
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maybe falling at one to two inches per hour near the Red River, the Texas-Oklahoma border.
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To the south, this pink color is an icy mix of sleet, which is ice pellets. Those are what
00:54
ping off your windshield and off your home. And then further to the south, we're dealing with
01:00
rain here. So that's some even some thunderstorms toward the Gulf Coast. So all of this is going to
01:06
be spreading to the east and creating a real mess. Yeah, you mentioned spreading to the east, right?
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Let's play this out for the viewer. Future radar showing that we have kind of that mixed bag still
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sticking with us here across a lot of the south central states. We do. Here's that sleet and
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freezing rain from northeast Texas all the way across into portions of northern Alabama. To the
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north though, from north of Dallas to Little Rock, Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, this is mainly snow
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and it's a big snowstorm in those locations. Yeah, and you know this is going to continue east,
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right? And you see the pink right there in Atlanta. We are concerned about some slick travel
01:43
here in a lot of major metros. Yeah, snow, sleet, freezing rain mixed there. Late Thursday night and
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through Friday, a very icy time in the Atlanta area. And then over time, that's going to spread
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up toward Columbia, South Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina, Raleigh as well. All cities that
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may be dealing with significant icy mix issues and slippery travel, dangerous travel. All right,
02:05
John, I want to go back to the snow really quickly because this is a big storm for areas like Little
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Rock, Dallas, Memphis. Can you just break down the numbers of what these mean for these areas?
02:17
That's right. That icy mix is going to be transitioning to all snow. It could snow hard
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for a couple of hours in the Dallas area. There could be higher snow totals on the north side of
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the metroplex up toward Little Rock, six to ten inches of snow. And then right in that corridor
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up to Nashville and parts of Kentucky, also up into the higher ground of the southern Appalachians.
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It's a significant snowstorm. Yeah, we're going to continue to monitor this. Essentially,
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pretty scary in a treacherous situation, especially if people are going to be traveling.
02:47
We talked about the Cotton Bowl earlier, John. This is going to be a big weekend here.
02:53
Yeah, that's right. Because even after the snow and ice ends in the Dallas area,
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there can be a refreeze concern on Friday night. So watch out for slippery travel
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after the Cotton Bowl and across much of the south here during those overnight periods.
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All right, AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist John Porter, thank you so much for joining us again.
03:11
We'll be sure to check back in with you. Sure thing.
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