The Peoria area has "almost 100% chance" of snow on Sunday afternoon or early evening, with between 2-6 inches expected according to NWS meteorologist John Bumgardner, who said the heaviest snow will fall near Springfield and Decatur. The heaviest snow is expected to fall between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.

The storm will reach a new gear on Sunday, with snow, sleet and freezing rain intensifying from Kansas to Virginia.

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.