What To Expect From The Upcoming Winter Storm In Louisiana

The winter storm is barreling down on north Louisiana. It's expected to bring destructive ice and heavy snow over 34 states through Monday in the South, Midwest and Northeast.

Northwest Louisiana is expected to get ice and freezing rain.

The Weather Channel

This storm will blast parts of the South with destructive ice and heavy snow for millions from the Plains to the Midwest and Northeast.

Road Conditions Will Be Treacherous

The Weather Channel says this storm will lead to widespread dangerous travel for days and "catastrophic" ice accumulations in the South could lead to widespread power outages and tree damage, according to NOAA's Weather Prediction Center.

This storm could impact more than 230 million in the U.S. with significant snow and/or ice, two-thirds of the nation's estimated population. Either heavy snow or ice is forecast for 34 states from the storm, from Arizona to the Midwest, South and New England. Its impacts will linger for some time after the storm ends.

How Cold Will the Temps in Shreveport Be?

Richard Lewelling with the Weather Channel says we will likely shatter temperature records this weekend. He says the record low for Monday is 13 degrees. That record was set in 1904. He says we could see the Monday morning temp at 9 degrees. And for Tuesday, the record low is 13 from way back in 1897. Lewelling says our temp Tuesday morning might plummet to 12 degrees.

In the map below, you can see the locations around Shreveport in the darker purple contours may see even higher accumulations that could lead to extensive tree damage and numerous, widespread power outages.

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This covers not only Shreveport-Bossier, but also includes Memphis, Nashville, the northeast side of the Atlanta metro area, Greenville-Spartanburg, Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham and Richmond.

The Weather Channel

Lewelling says we won't see much of a thaw with this storm until mid-day or later on Tuesday.