As a coast-to-coast winter storm slices across the U.S. Sunday and Monday, severe thunderstorms fired up across portions of the South on the warm side of the storm system.

A blast of snow, ice, wind, and plunging temperatures created dangerous travel conditions in parts of the central US on Sunday, and some places were expected to get 8 inches of snow or more.

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.