Winter storms closed schools, snarled flights and put millions of residents on alert across parts of the Deep South and south-central United States.

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A powerful winter storm that dumped heavy snow and glazed roads with ice across much of Texas and Oklahoma has lumbered eastward into the Deep South and elsewhere. Arkansas Gov.

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“Significant accumulations of snow, sleet, and freezing rain will lead to hazardous travel conditions and the potential for power outages,” the NWS warns. In North Georgia, up to 6 inches of snow is possible with even more in higher elevations. Closer to the city, as much as 3 inches is expected.

It covers all of North Georgia from the Tennessee and North Carolina lines, south through metro Atlanta into Griffin and as far southwest as Heard County and southeast as Lincoln County.

Severe Weather Team 2 is tracking a winter storm moving into north Georgia Friday with a winter mix of snow, sleet, freezing rain, and rain.

Freezing rain will lead to icy conditions, with a tenth up to a third inch of ice expected. The best chance for significant icing will occur across north Georgia, the Midlands of South Carolina up toward the Piedmont of North Carolina.