A winter storm was on a track to sweep through Texas and Louisiana, across the Gulf Coast and deep into Florida, significant snow and ice in tow.

The blast of Arctic air has made it all the way to the Gulf Coast today. That colder air is meeting up with a juicy coastal storm in the Gulf of Mexico resulting in a blitz of winter weather in areas where winter weather isn't all that common.

The Gulf Coast is bracing for its first-ever blizzard, with the warning sent Tuesday covering southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana along the Interstate 10 corridor. Heavy