On January 21st, 2025, a rare winter storm developed across the Southern US, bringing heavy snowfall to the Deep South and the Gulf Coast. Up to 8 inches of snowfall were forecast for parts of the Southeast US.

In far southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana, heavy snow and strong winds prompted the NWS Lake Charles office to issue the first ever blizzard warning for the region.

Winter storm warnings were in effect from southcentral Texas, all along the Gulf Coast, and up through the US South Atlantic coast to Virginia. Snow was observed accumulating on the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico.

Meanwhile in the central and northern US, dangerously cold arctic air caused temperatures to plunge well below freezing, prompting extreme cold warnings to be issued across multiple states. In parts of the Midwest, wind chills fell to over 40 °F below zero.

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