--- description: Some areas bracing for eight inches of snow title: Snowstorm to Snarl South From Texas to Virginia image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee61432b0012f8d4/698780df06f2c1e74f334260/snow-weather-virginia-united-states.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [weather](/tag/weather/) ## weather Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Snowstorm to Snarl South From Texas to Virginia by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 25, 2015 11:58 AM CUT  A man rides his bicycle across the railroad tracks in Exmore, Va. as snow falls, Feb. 24, 2015. A man rides his bicycle across the railroad tracks in Exmore, Va. as snow falls, Feb. 24, 2015.Jay Diem—AP by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 25, 2015 11:58 AM CUT At least 20 million Americans were in the path of a deadly winter storm Wednesday that was expected to dump snow from northern Texas to southern Virginia and threatened to snarl commutes in cities including Dallas and Atlanta. School closures were ordered and states of emergency were declared in Georgia and Alabama — the latest impact of an Arctic chill that has set records across much of the nation. Between three and five inches of snow was likely across the southern Plains and the South, forecasters said. Some areas — including northern North Carolina and northern Georgia — were bracing for up to eight inches… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/snowstorm-snarl-south-texas-virginia-n312356?cid=par-time-article%5F20150225 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3721795/weather-forecast-snowstorm-texas-virginia/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3721795/weather-forecast-snowstorm-texas-virginia/"},"headline":"Snowstorm to Snarl South From Texas to Virginia","datePublished":"2015-02-25T11:58:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:41:37.689Z","description":"Some areas bracing for eight inches of snow","url":"https://time.com/3721795/weather-forecast-snowstorm-texas-virginia/","keywords":["weather"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee61432b0012f8d4/698780df06f2c1e74f334260/snow-weather-virginia-united-states.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee61432b0012f8d4/698780df06f2c1e74f334260/snow-weather-virginia-united-states.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Winter Weather Virginia","caption":"A man rides his bicycle across the railroad tracks in Exmore, Va. as snow falls, Feb. 24, 2015.","creditText":"Jay Diem—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/weather/","name":"weather"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3721795/weather-forecast-snowstorm-texas-virginia/","name":"Snowstorm to Snarl South From Texas to Virginia"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Know Right Now: East Coast Prepares for A Record Breaking Freeze","description":"The central and eastern U.S. braced for another blast of record-breaking cold, snow and ice early Friday after already frigid temperatures shattered all-time lows.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/5lbr3fpd/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-02-20T19:25:49.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/5lbr3fpd.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3721795/weather-forecast-snowstorm-texas-virginia/","duration":"PT1M3S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3721795/weather-forecast-snowstorm-texas-virginia/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```