A line of cars follows a tractor plowing snow near Mammoth Lakes, California, January 9, 2017 as a series of strong storms moves through the western US state.
Ice storm targets midsection of US
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Freezing rain to continue over much of Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri

Weather has caused at least five deaths across hardest-hit states

CNN  — 

The icy weather will linger a bit longer.

The major winter storm affecting parts of the central United States and upper Midwest will continue through Monday, according to the National Weather Service.

The storm will push north and then east and impact cities like Chicago, Green Bay and Detroit. It will then head to Rochester, New York, and Springfield, Massachusetts, on Tuesday into Wednesday, said CNN meteorologist Allison Chinchar.

Cold Arctic air meets warm air from the Gulf of Mexico, setting the stage for an ice storm.

Warm, southerly air will move into the system as it pushes into the Ohio Valley, Chinchar said.

The wintry precipitation is expected to turn into mostly rain as it advances into the Northeast by late Tuesday and Wednesday.

In other parts of the country, significant freezing rain and ice will hit central Kansas and eastern Nebraska and move toward Central Iowa on Monday.

On the southern side of the storm, severe weather moved through Texas with one tornado reported outside of Dallas in Grand Prairie. Some damage has been reported to homes and an airport hangar. No injuries were reported.

Heavy rains were also an issue from Dallas to San Antonio where flash flooding occurred.

Ice in Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri

More than 30 million Americans are under some type of wintry watch, warning or advisory from the storm in the Midwest, and 10 million of those fall under an ice storm warning.

The hardest hit states of Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri will see up to one inch of ice coating trees and roads – making travel impossible and potentially bringing power outages to millions of residents this weekend.

Dangerous travel conditions remain a problem with numerous accidents reported due to the icy roadways.

weekend ice warnings

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin declared a state of emergency for all 77 Oklahoma counties on Thursday.

In Kansas and Missouri, nearly 200 National Guard soldiers geared up to provide emergency response assistance to local authorities.

In Missouri, three people have died on highways due to the inclement weather conditions, Missouri Dept. of Public Safety spokesman Mike O’Connell told CNN.

A multi-vehicle crash led to one occupant being ejected and struck by an unidentified vehicle in Platte County going southbound on Interstate 29 on Saturday, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported the first road fatality on Friday. A motorist died after she lost control of her vehicle on an icy overpass while driving on Interstate 55 in southeastern Missouri.

The icy conditions caused another weather-related death, this time in Custer County, Oklahoma.

Large stretches of the central US will be impacted by the winter storm.

Oklahoma area hospitals have reported 65 weather-related injuries, the city’s Department of Emergency Management told CNN. The majority of those hurt were injured in falls.

In Kansas on Saturday, winter weather conditions caused a fatal car crash in the southwestern part of the state, according to Kansas Adjutant General’s Department.

Escaping injury

A Kansas Highway Patrol trooper narrowly steered clear of injury on an interstate highway Sunday morning when the driver of a semi-truck lost control at a median crossing, police said.

The dramatic video was captured on the patrol car dashcam and later posted to Twitter and Facebook.

The incident happened as the trooper was traveling east in Russell County on Interstate 70.

No one was injured.

CNN’s Joe Sutton, Brandon Miller, Chandrika Narayan, Monica Garrett and Jennifer Varian contributed to this story.