Areas from Texas to the Carolinas will experience their first major winter storm in years from Thursday into the weekend — with snow stretching as far north as New England, and into areas pummeled by storm earlier this week.

With the Midwest and mid-Alantic still digging out from a major winter storm, another one is forecast to sweep across the South and eastern United States this week, bringing snow, sleet and freezing rain from Texas through the Carolinas.

A winter storm watch will be posted for parts of southeastern Oklahoma beginning Thursday afternoon and ending early Friday morning. Additional watches are also posted for a large area of the north TX region,

A winter storm is expected to impact Texas this week. Our forecast shows North Texas could see some flurries on Wednesday and snow on Thursday. The forecast will be fine-tuned as we get closer to Thursday.