An updated winter storm warning was issued by the NWS Blacksburg VA on Thursday at 10:42 p.m. valid from Friday 1 p.m. until Saturday 7 a.m. The warning is for Ashe, Alleghany, Surry, Stokes, Rockingham,

The NWS Wakefield VA issued an updated winter storm warning at 8:03 a.m. on Friday valid from 7 p.m. until Saturday 1 p.m.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for all of North Texas until 12 p.m. Friday. Early Friday morning, the originally issued winter storm warning was canceled and replaced with the advisory.

Storm Cora will soon impact parts of Texas, bringing freezing temperatures, snow and ice to parts of the state. With portions of North Texas now under a winter storm watch, Texans are preparing for unusual winter conditions.

Texas refineries are bracing for an onslaught of cold, snow and freezing rain as the US South’s first major winter storm sweeps in during what’s projected to be a frigid month.

As Texas prepared for severe winter weather, Gov. Greg Abbott expressed confidence Wednesday in the state's power grid. Frigid temperatures -- along with snow, sleet and freezing rain -- were expected to make their way into Texas midweek,