The heaviest snowfall in a decade is on its way to Kansas and Missouri, part of a major winter storm stretching 1,300 miles across the central United States that is set to impact up to 62 million, forecasters say.

The winter storm is producing a mixture of snow, sleet and freezing rain over parts of many southern states, as depicted in the radar snapshot below. Up to 12 inches of snow has already fallen in parts of the Texas Panhandle,

Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletter to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists.Winter Storm Cora is pushing its last snows through the East after bringing a southern wintry mess.