Chicago snow totals last night8/27/2023 ![]() More: This hall of fame softball player left a legacy stretching from Springfield to Peoria Springfield School District 186 schools and its SCOPE child care program will be closed Wednesday due to the anticipated snow, ice and inclement weather conditions. Drivers may encounter blowing and drifting snow, and roadways may be icy. Under a Level 1 emergency, roadways are hazardous. The declaration applies only to county highways. Sangamon County officials have declared a Level 1 winter weather emergency which goes into effect at 10 p.m. The Jacksonville-Morgan County Office of Emergency Management has also announced a snow emergency. Residents or businesses could be subject to a $250 fine for refusal to comply with city ordinances regarding the matter. The city's snow emergency route map along with the city’s snow and ice removal policy is at Residents and businesses need to make an effort to clear sidewalks as a safety precaution. Under the snow emergency, vehicles must be removed from marked snow emergency routes by 9 p.m. Springfield's snow emergency extends to 9 p.m. After midnight Thursday and into Thursday morning, another bout of heavy snow is predicted, he said, before tapering off around noon Thursday. The first heavy round of snow will arrive probably between midnight and noon Wednesday, he said. ![]() The precipitation was scheduled to start as rain late Tuesday before turning into a wintry mix. But there’s some uncertainty where these mesoscale bands of snow are going to set up. We know there’s going to be bands of snow when we’re getting one to two-inch per hour snowfall rates. "It’s the same way with these winter bands of snow. We’re pretty good at saying there are going to be thunderstorms on this day, but where exactly that thunderstorm is going to pop up is very hard (to pinpoint)," he said. What to expect: Springfield area could see 8+ inches of snow, ice The wide range of snow totals has to do with what NWS calls " mesoscale features," Dubelbeiss added. Added to the accumulation is about a quarter inch of sleet which is expected to hit overnight Wednesday, Dubelbeiss said. The NWS is still calling for five to 17 inches of snow for the Springfield area, with periods of heavier snow overnight Wednesday and overnight Thursday. Meanwhile, the city of Springfield declared a snow emergency beginning at 9 p.m. Snowfall records: Here are the five largest recorded snowfalls in Springfield historyĪlong with travel advisories, the NWS is warning that there may be possible power outages due to the storms. “If you’re able to change your travel plans, this would be a good time to do that,” he added. One thing is for certain: with blowing and drifting snow, there will be significantly reduced visibility that could make travel “impossible in some areas or extremely difficult or dangerous if nothing else,” said NWS meteorologist Ben Dubelbeiss. The National Weather Service in Lincoln is still calling for a wide variance of snow accumulation totals depending on where the storms Wednesday and Thursday line up.
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