North Texans awoke to snow, sleet and the ever-elusive "thundersleet" Thursday morning as a storm unleashed a mix of wintry precipitation in the region. Thundersleet occurs when thunder rumbles while sleet,

Moisture and a mix of precipitation should start to move into the metroplex from the southwest starting in the morning to the mid-morning hours.

After several days of freezing temperatures, snow, sleet and rain fell in North Texas on Thursday, bringing travel disruptions in the air and on the ground, school closures and upending a region that doesn’t often see frozen precipitation.

As snow, freezing rain and sleet make their way through North Texas this Thursday and early Friday during the winter storm, most schools and offices are closing their doors, but many other services will remain open.

Hundreds of flights into and out of Dallas-Fort Worth airport were cancelled as Texas braces for a wintry storm.

Several portions of Texas are expecting winter weather as Winter Storm Cora moves across the state. Areas in Central Texas could see a mix of freezing rain, sleet and snow between Thursday and Friday,