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.

Washington, D.C. is forecast to see 6 or more inches of snow through Monday as a winter storm approaches the Mid-Atlantic. Already the storm has created blizzard conditions and snarled traffic across parts of the Central U.