Brutal cold will open the door for a winter storm to take a somewhat unusual track through the South and create treacherous conditions.

A developing winter storm threatens to drop snow, sleet and freezing rain on parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas as frigid air that escaped the Arctic plunges temperatures to subfreezing levels in some of the southernmost points of the U.

Our first winter storm watch of the season is in effect for Wednesday night through Friday afternoon. Current thinking is that the best chance of accumulating snow will be along our Red River counties and into the northern parts of Wise,