At least 46 million people were under a winter storm warning as of Thursday as the storm spreads along the Gulf Coast Friday, according to the weather service. The storm should weaken by Saturday, bringing lighter snow between 1 and 3 inches to parts of the Northeast, the Mid-Atlantic and the Ohio Valley before exiting off the Carolinas.

Several inches of a wintry mix of sleet and snow were forecast to fall over North Texas between Thursday and Friday. This marks the first winter storm of the season. Snow in Dalla

Parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas began to see snowfall on Thursday as Southern states stretching to the Carolinas brace for the storm to reach them on Friday.

A low-pressure system is moving across the country, delivering rain, snow, and ice to much of the southeast. This same system will be making its way along the east coast early this weekend, bringing a chance for accumulating snow to the tri-state.

Another massive winter storm is forecast to pummel the southern and eastern U.S., with impacts from Texas to the Carolinas.

Winter weather will bring snow and cold temperatures to 13 Southern states this weekend as a winter storm moves across the U.S. Millions of people are preparing for dangerous winter weather as a storm takes hold over much of the Southern and Central U.

Storm Cora is sweeping into the Southeast Friday, delivering a mess of snow and ice from Arkansas and Tennessee to the Carolinas and Virginia, including Atlanta, Charlotte, Columbia and Nashville. Travel will be dangerous if not impossible in some areas.