Brief winter thaw to help with major melt of South's historic snow and ice

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A abbreviated winter warm-up is acceptable to assistance thaw retired the southbound this week, helping to excavation retired the grounds snowfall and crystal that fell much than a week ago.

The FOX Forecast Center said temperatures this week volition scope the 50s and 60s successful the Southeast, providing much-needed alleviation for Mississippi and Tennessee, wherever tens of thousands of radical are inactive without powerfulness aft the historical crystal storm.

HISTORIC WINTER STORM KILLS OVER 80, IMPACTS MILLIONS ACROSS MORE THAN 40 STATES

 Detail presumption    of a histrion   subdivision  coated successful  crystal  connected  January 26, 2026 successful  Nashville, Tennessee.

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - JANUARY 26: Detail presumption of a histrion subdivision coated successful crystal connected January 26, 2026 successful Nashville, Tennessee.  

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The tempest impacted much than 240 cardinal radical crossed 40 states, sidesplitting much than 80 people.

Nearly fractional an inch of crystal was recorded successful Nashville, with implicit an inch of crystal successful parts of Mississippi.

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  • Oxford, Mississippi was battered by life-threatening crystal  from a monolithic  nationwide tempest  connected  Jan. 25, leaving wide    damage—including large   structural damage, fallen trees, and downed powerfulness  lines—that continues to impact  the country  done  the week.

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    Oxford, Mississippi was battered by life-threatening crystal from a monolithic nationwide tempest connected Jan. 25, leaving wide damage—including large structural damage, fallen trees, and downed powerfulness lines—that continues to impact the country done the week. (FOX Weather/Brandy Campbell)

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    Fallen branches and trees laic crossed roadways and inferior lines during a wintertime tempest connected January 25, 2026 successful Nashville, Tennessee.  (Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)

  • Oxford, Mississippi was battered by life-threatening crystal  from a monolithic  nationwide tempest  connected  Jan. 25, leaving wide    damage—including large   structural damage, fallen trees, and downed powerfulness  lines—that continues to impact  the country  done  the week.

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    Oxford, Mississippi was battered by life-threatening crystal from a monolithic nationwide tempest connected Jan. 25, leaving wide damage—including large structural damage, fallen trees, and downed powerfulness lines—that continues to impact the country done the week. (FOX Weather/Brandy Campbell)

  • Oxford, Mississippi was battered by life-threatening crystal  from a monolithic  nationwide tempest  connected  Jan. 25, leaving wide    damage—including large   structural damage, fallen trees, and downed powerfulness  lines—that continues to impact  the country  done  the week.

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    Oxford, Mississippi was battered by life-threatening crystal from a monolithic nationwide tempest connected Jan. 25, leaving wide damage—including large structural damage, fallen trees, and downed powerfulness lines—that continues to impact the country done the week. (FOX Weather/Brandy Campbell)

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    Nashville was slammed by a large wintertime tempest that produced damaging crystal tempest that has caused thousands of powerfulness outages and chaotic question conditions crossed the Metro Area.  (Yuri Mamchur)

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    Nashville was slammed by a large wintertime tempest that produced damaging crystal tempest that has caused thousands of powerfulness outages and chaotic question conditions crossed the Metro Area.  (Yuri Mamchur)

As of Tuesday, astir 55,000 radical were inactive without powerfulness crossed parts of some states, according to PowerOutage.US.

Mild aerial volition brace up with immoderate airy to mean rainfall and volition additionally assistance melt remaining ice connected Tuesday.

Rain for Georgia and the Carolinas connected Tuesday and Wednesday volition commencement to melt snowfall from the past weekend's nor'easter storm, which dropped historical snow crossed the region.

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DURHAM, NC - FEBRUARY 13:  People locomotion down Main Street arsenic a dense snowfall returns connected February 13, 2014 successful Durham, North Carolina. Snow and icy conditions unopen down astir roads and concern passim cardinal North Carolina connected Thursday.  (Photo by Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)

On Wednesday, temperatures volition driblet slightly, with nighttime lows successful the 20s.

By Thursday and into the weekend, temperatures volition rebound into the 50s and 60s again crossed Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi and the Carolinas. 

Thursday temperatures southeast
(FOX Weather)

Warmer temperatures could assistance powerfulness restoration efforts crossed Tennessee and Mississippi, arsenic good arsenic assistance with snowfall removal efforts from the weekend's nor'easter successful North and South Carolina.

The FOX Forecast Center said North Carolina is improbable to spot important snow melt until mid-next week, but rainfall volition melt astir each snowfall accumulation successful South Carolina by Thursday. 

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CPC 8-14 somesthesia outlook
(FOX Weather)

Looking ahead, the Climate Prediction Center’s 8 to 14 time outlook suggests that above-average temperatures are apt for astir of the Southeast done mid-February.

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