By Brian Lada, Meteorologist
January 1,2015; 9:31PM,EST
A storm moving out from the Southwest will regenerate on Friday and will produce a swath of slippery travel in parts of Texas to the central Plains into the weekend.
One batch of ice affected Texas and the southern Plains on New Year's Day.
The remnants of this first batch will move northeastward and fade Thursday night. However, a narrow swath of ice will affect part of northern Arkansas, southern Missouri and western Kentucky into Friday morning.
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The storm will get a second wind and strengthen heading into the weekend.
Rain and thunderstorms will ramp up over coastal Texas and the lower Mississippi Valley.
As the storm continues to roll northeastward into a thicker dome of colder air, rain and ice will transition to snow over the central Plains. At the same time colder air will sweep eastward farther to the southwest.
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According to AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski, "A swath of ice and rain will be followed by accumulating snow in parts of northwestern Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and northwestern Missouri at the end of the week."
People traveling around Amarillo, Texas; Wichita, Kansas; and Kansas City and Springfield, Missouri, should be prepared for slippery conditions and delays Friday night into Saturday.
"Enough snow to shovel and plow is likely from central Kansas to northern Missouri," Sosnowski said.
Motorists should be prepared for snowy and slippery travel over a long stretch of Interstate-35 in northern Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri. Delays due to deicing activities are possible at Kansas City.
The storm will move on to the Midwest and Northeast with a large swath of snow, ice and travel disruptions later in the weekend.
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