A Winter Storm Warning is currently in effect until 3 a.m. Monday for areas near the Missouri/Iowa line due to the ongoing heavy mixed-precipitation weather event across the region. - A Blizzard Warning is currently in effect.

As a deep winter chill begins to take over the northern half of the country, a new major winter storm will move across the U.S. this weekend into early next week.

A major, disruptive winter storm was sweeping across the central U.S. on Sunday, forecasters said, bringing with it a dreaded combination of snow, ice and plunging temperatures. The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings from Kansas and Missouri — where blizzard conditions are expected — to New Jersey.