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.

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.

Some areas of New Orleans and Houston got more than four inches of snow Tuesday morning in a historic winter storm hitting the south.

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - There’s a new exhibit in Lake Charles highlighting local artists. Between Jan. 14 and Mar. 8, Lake Charles Historic City Hall will feature pieces from DeRidder artists.

The latest on the once-in-a-generation winter system off of the Gulf of Mexico from the southernmost Blizzard Warning ever issued to near-record snowfall.

For the first time in the history of the National Weather Service, a Blizzard Warning has been issued for Beaumont, Lake Charles and Lafayette.

Schools are closed, snow is falling in places where it usually doesn't and freezing temperatures are sweeping across the South as a winter storm tracks across states including Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi,

A historic winter storm threatened natural gas shipments from one the biggest US export plants while heavy snow shut schools and airports in Houston and highways in New Orleans.Most Read from Bloomber

A historic winter storm threatened natural gas shipments from one the biggest US export plants while heavy snow shut schools and airports in Houston.

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.

The National Weather Service Forecast Offices around the Gulf South, namely the offices in Houston/Galveston, Texas, Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Baton Rouge/New Orleans, Louisiana have been very busy over the past week preparing us for a weather event that we are not too familiar with.

The Houston area’s amazing snow day has arrived! Overall, accumulations look like they got up to between 2 and 3 inches for the majority of the area with some spots that were a little bit higher.