The rare winter storm that is hitting the southern portion of the United States became historic Tuesday morning when the Lake Charles National Weather Service office issued its first-ever blizzard warning.

NWS issued an early Tuesday warning for an unprecedented weather event in southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas

Here's a look at snowfall totals from Tuesday's winter storm that blanketed Houston and parts Louisiana in multiple inches of the white stuff.

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The Lake Charles Regional Airport is now open. Commercial flights will resume Thursday afternoon, according to the airport’s Facebook. Their primary runway is open, and their secondary runway should open later today. The airport was closed due to snow and ice covering the taxiways after the snowstorm.

Houstonians, and most in the Gulf region stretching from Galveston to Lake Charles, Louisiana, woke up Tuesday with several inches of snow and subfreezing temperatures. Houston airports and schools remain closed.

At least two people are reported dead in Houston as a winter storm system disrupted much of the Gulf Coast and other parts of the nation on Tuesday, causing billions in economic losses.

A Blizzard Warning has been issued for some Texas and Louisiana counties on Tuesday due to snow and wind from a winter storm.

A storm is bringing the first-ever blizzard warning issued for Beaumont, Texas, and Lake Charles and Lafayette, Louisiana.

NWS Lake Charles has issued it's first ever Blizzard ... Ryan Nickerson is a general assignment reporter for the Houston Chronicle's weather team. He can be reached at ryan.nickerson@ ...

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In a shocking turn of events that shows the rarity of such a winter storm, a blizzard warning has been issued this morning for parts of far southwestern Louisiana, including the city of Lake Charles, and a few Texas counties just across the border.

Dangerous cold temperatures remained across Oklahoma, with the lowest temperatures in nearly four years hitting the state.