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(CNN) A major winter charge thats sweeping opposite the central United States was fast intensifying Thursday.

This charge will start legal legal holiday transport skeleton opposite many of the central as well as northern Plains, said the National Weather Service office in Duluth, Minnesota.

Anyone with transport skeleton over the Yuletide legal legal holiday period should keep up to date with the latest continue information. It should be emphasized which dangerous transport conditions will exist opposite many of the segment from late tonight through Christmas.

Blizzard warnings have been released for central as well as southwestern Oklahoma, including Oklahoma City, as well as parts of northwestern Texas. Blizzard warnings also were released for North Dakota as well as the Duluth area in Minnesota.

In addition, there is the moderate risk for severe thunderstorms as well as tornadoes over the central Gulf Coast, including New Orleans, Louisiana.

The National Weather Service has released hurricane watches for southern Louisiana, Mississippi as well as southwestern Alabama.

A Louisiana man was killed Thursday when strong wind caused the tree to tumble upon his house, military told CNN associate KATC in Lafayette.

Police in Scott, just outside Lafayette, identified the victim as Ryan Hebert, 44.

Localized flooding was reported in as well as around Little Rock, Arkansas, after heavy rain fell throughout Wednesday night as well as Thursday morning.

An ice charge warning has been released for all Chicago, Illinois suburbs. It does not include downtown Chicago.

Over the quarter-inch of ice is approaching upon trees, power lines, overpasses, bridges as well as highways. But the freezing rain is approaching to change over to rain later Thursday, as well as road conditions in the area have been approaching to urge opposite the segment by midafternoon Thursday.

Winter charge warnings stretch from Texas to Minnesota as well as! Illinoi s. Snowfall accumulations of 1 to 2 feet can be approaching in the northern Plains.

Flood watches, warnings as well as advisories have been released for many of Missouri as well as Illinois, where multiform inches of rain is causing flooding in streams as well as rivers.

The severe continue is the second major charge system to hit the United States in the week. Last weekend, the noreaster blanketed the swath of the East Coast in snow, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights.

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