Major Winter Storm to Hit US, Weather Service Warns

Snowfall is expected in parts of Texas and Louisiana and across the Midwest, the agency says.
Major Winter Storm to Hit US, Weather Service Warns
A National Weather Service map showing the risk of snowfall or ice for the winter event was released on Jan. 21, 2026. NWS
Jack Phillips
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The National Weather Service (NWS) on Wednesday forecast that a “major January winter storm” will impact a large section of the United States later this week, and warned that it will be followed by “extreme cold” temperatures.

A notice issued by the service on social media says that snowfall is expected from parts of Texas and Louisiana all the way across the Midwest and a broad section of the South, as well as the Mid-Atlantic and northeastern states, starting on Friday and lasting throughout the weekend.
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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