A winter storm packing freezing rain and snow is forecast to cut an icy path through the Southern Plains as a busy holiday shopping weekend unfolds.
The National Weather Service says a storm system that caused heavy rain and flooding in southern California was forecast to produce freezing rain beginning Thursday in central New Mexico.
The wintry weather will move eastward Friday, producing freezing rain in northwest Texas, much of Oklahoma then northern Arkansas and heavy snow from eastern New Mexico to northwestern Oklahoma.
Winter Storm Diego will spread a widespread mess of snow, sleet and freezing rain from the southern Plains to the and the Southeast late this weekend over the weekend into Monday
Winter storm watches have been issued by the National Weather Service from eastern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle eastward to Oklahoma, southern Missouri and north Arkansas
Forecasters say snow will envelope Oklahoma and parts of Arkansas and Missouri on Saturday as the storm stretches to the mid-Atlantic, producing freezing rain in Tennessee and Kentucky and snow in western Virginia and North Carolina.
Heavy rainfall is forecast for the Gulf Coast.
From Friday into early next week, Diego will unleash its heaviest amounts of snow and ice as it moves farther eastward.
The snow and ice will cause significant travel disruptions from parts of the southern Plains into the Southeast.
Ice accumulations in some areas may be heavy enough for tree damage and power outages as well. …..more here
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