(AP) --
NEW ORLEANS - Nasty weather could be on the way along the Gulf Coast from east Texas to north Florida Christmas Day.
Farther north, much of Oklahoma and Arkansas are under a winter storm warning, with freezing rain, sleet and snow expected Christmas Day.
And there's a blizzard watch for western Kentucky.
The National Weather Service says in Louisiana and Mississippi, storms could bring strong tornadoes or winds of more than 75 mph, heavy rain, quarter-sized hail and dangerous lightning.
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