It’s also supposed to get windy, with north wind gusts of 15 to 25 miles per hour expected for the area starting Monday night through Tuesday.
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The Eyewitness News Weather Team is closely monitoring the Winter Storm Warning that is now in effect for all of southeast Texas until midnight.
A rain and snow mix transitioned to snow before 5 a.m. Wednesday morning in Greenville County.
In Atlanta, 2.3 inches of snow was recorded Tuesday night into early Wednesday, shutting down schools, triggering major delays at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and making roads treacherous.
The snow should taper off early Wednesday morning in areas in east Alabama.
Snow also fell in Mobile County, Alabama, overnight Tuesday night. By Wednesday afternoon, Winston-Salem, Greensboro and Durham each had more than 6 inches (15 centimeters), while some places saw as much as 10 inches (25 centimeters).
The exceptions could be higher terrain areas, which typically get a bit more. Metro Atlanta’s commuter rail system was operating on a limited schedule as the city recovered from the approximately 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) of snow and ice that brought the area to a standstill.
Thousands of customers across Georgia and North Carolina had lost electricity, utility providers said, while several Louisiana parishes were under boil water advisories owing to busted pipes.
It’s going to be cold, and whatever falls is likely going to stick – and stick around for a while.
Many roads were closed across the region because of the hazardous conditions.
Not exactly like it. Bill Rhyne with South Carolina Highway Patrol shared a video on Twitter urging drivers to be aware of icy roads.
Most of those flights were at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Ciaccio told reporters.
It didn’t catch us by surprise this time.
The National Weather Service on Tuesday had issued winter storm warnings in northern Louisiana and the northwest portion of Mississippi. Several school districts announced they’d be closed on Tuesday as early as Monday night, and many area businesses chose to remain closed to discourage travel on icy roads.
That’s more snow over a larger region than originally forecast, and isolated areas could get even more accumulation.
The latest video forecast from NBC DFW’s team of Weather Experts will appear in the player above.
Inga brought some impressive snowfall totals to western Kentucky, including 9 inches in Murray and 8.1 inches at the National Weather Service office in Paducah.
That depends on where you are.
Forecasters said the “very cold” temperatures would hang around until Thursday, meaning people in the Deep South and other areas would have to pull out their heaviest coats, dress in lots of layers, or stay inside.
North and north-central Alabama may not be as lucky.
Two men died Wednesday in a traffic incident in Bibb County, Georgia, according to the local coroner. Roads should remain OK through 7-8PM, then they will become slippery in the mountains.
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Thursday promises to have highs above freezing statewide.
