{"id":21709,"date":"2018-12-07T18:36:07","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T18:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/?p=21709"},"modified":"2018-12-07T21:50:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T21:50:00","slug":"winter-storm-diego-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/winter-storm-diego-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Storm Diego Alert: Heavy Rain, Snow, Ice Accrual from Southern Plains to Southeast USA"},"content":{"rendered":"
A large swath of the United States from the Southern Plains to the Southeast is in the grip of Winter Storm Diego.<\/strong> According to the latest weather forecasts, heavy downpour, snowfall, ice accumulations and varying levels of precipitation are expected to disrupt the tempo of day-to-day life or bring it to a standstill this weekend into early next week, as the storm is gaining strength en route from the South to the Southeast.<\/p>\n A state of emergency has already been declared in Oklahoma. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper might declare emergency later in the day. Schools in Arkansas have cancelled all events which were supposed to be held on Saturday. South Carolina\u2019s annual Christmas parade and high school state championships have been postponed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Winter Storm Diego is currently causing mountain snow and lower-elevation rains in some parts of Southern California and the Southwest.<\/strong> It is likely to interact with cold air blows generated due to high pressure to its north while moving towards the Southeast, and consequently cause heavy snowfall as well as ice accumulation, which will disrupt power supply, communication and travel across the Southern Plains into the Southeast.<\/p>\n Some areas in the Southeast coast of the US will be having precipitation until Monday or Tuesday, as a result of the Winter Storm Diego gliding eastward<\/strong>. Some of the Southeast locations will experience precipitation for a little long period, due to the slow pace of the storm. To be combined with copious amounts of moisture during its sluggish eastward movement from the Southern Plains, Diego may unleash heavy rainfall and snowfall in the Southeast USA.<\/p>\n The area from the Texas Panhandle into central Oklahoma will begin to soak in freezing rains tonight (Friday night),<\/strong> which will cause heavy ice accumulations only to trigger power outage and damage trees. Freezing rains may spread from central Oklahoma into northern Arkansas and southern Missouri later tonight.<\/p>\n Southern Texas, northern Mississippi, southern Arkansas, northwestern Alabama, southwestern Tennessee and Louisiana are likely to receive rains, light or heavy sometimes, tonight. The region encompassing eastern New Mexico, southern Kansas and northwestern Oklahoma will likely be affected by extensive snowfall later tonight.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n