Historic U.S. Winter Storm Impacts Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York as SPC Issues Record 26 Mesoscale Discussions
UNITED STATES — A powerful and unusually expansive winter storm swept across large portions of the country between January 24 and January 25, 2026, impacting Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. The scale and intensity of the system prompted meteorologists at the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) to issue a record-breaking…
