Snow, ice, wind and plunging temperatures creating dangerous travel conditions from central and southern states all the way to the east coast

On its website, the National Weather Service warns that “Eight to 14 inches (20cm to 35cm) of snow is forecast from northern Missouri through the Central Appalachians, with six to 12 inches of snow likely across the Mid-Atlantic states including the Washington, DC. metro area.”

Heavy freezing rain will create a swath of damaging ice accumulations from Kansas through the central Appalachians, it adds.