Winter Storm Cora is sweeping into the Southeast today, delivering a mess of snow and ice from Arkansas and Tennessee to the Carolinas and Virginia, including Atlanta, Charlotte and Nashville. The wintry mess will likely snarl travel and in some cases icing could be heavy enough to cause power outages and tree damage (​MORE: Cora Maps Tracker | Winter Storm Names 2024-2025) T​he winter storm is producing a mixture of snow,

Brutal cold will open the door for a winter storm to take a somewhat unusual track through the South and create treacherous conditions.

Thursday to Saturday will have another dangerous winter situation in the southern U.S. Here's a timeline on where and when you have to be at a certain location to avoid the danger.

Snow and ice will spread into the Southern Plains Wednesday night. Parts of north and west Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and southern Kansas are forecast to see snow. A band of sleet and freezing rain may stretch from central Texas into northern Louisiana and southern Arkansas.

Any wintry precipitation in Oklahoma and Texas should end by midday. Snow will spread from the Mid-South region into Kentucky, Tennessee, far northern parts of Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia into North Carolina and upstate South Carolina.

Some southern states are bracing for their biggest winter storm in several years as snow falls from the Rockies to the East Coast. On Thursday, the weather starts to deteriorate in northern and western Texas,