1.  An icy rain will cause dangerous travel conditions near the southern Appalachians.

2.  Gusty winds and falling temperatures will produce dangerous travel conditions in South Dakota, Wyoming, western Nebraska and the mountains of Colorado.

3.  Planes crash, trains derail and ships sink, but the most dangerous travel, mile by mile, is walking.

4.  Sleet and freezing rain are also forecast in some of these areas, creating dangerous travel in northern Texas.

5.  Sleet and freezing rain were also forecast in some of these areas, creating dangerous travel in northern Texas and conditions ripe for toppled power lines and trees.