The National Weather Service (NWS) issued winter storm warnings from Kansas and Missouri to New Jersey, indicating travel could be very difficult to impossible due to blizzard-like conditions across the central US.
The polar vortex, a mass of ultra-cold air typically confined to the Arctic, is responsible for recent severe cold stretches affecting the US, which have become more common due to a warming Arctic.
Total snow and sleet accumulations could reach up to 14 inches in parts of Kansas and northern Missouri, impacting travel significantly as the storm progresses into the Ohio Valley.
Severe thunderstorms, possible tornadoes, and hail could occur ahead of the storm system's cold front as it crosses the Lower Mississippi Valley, signaling both winter and severe weather hazards across the region.
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