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As of 7 a.m. Monday morning (Feb. 13), at least one inch of snow had fallen across the Chillicothe area.
“We have all of our trucks out this morning,” said Chillicothe Street Superintendent Barry Arthur. The Chillicothe Street Department fleet is made up of nine trucks, each equiped with frontal plows, with one spare truck waiting in the wings if problems arise.
Arthur left his home in Cameron at approximately 4:50 a.m. Monday to reach Chillicothe. By then, he says, snow had already slightly covered the road.
“There wasn’t half an inch yet,” he said.
At 11 p.m. on Sunday, Arthur stated, the snow had not yet begun to fall, meaning the window for the snowfall’s beginning can be placed somewhere between those two times periods of 11 p.m. Sunday and 4:50 a.m. Monday.
“We won’t be treating a lot this morning,” Arthur said Monday. “We probably started around 6:30 a.m. I was around earlier. There weren’t problems, so we didn’t call in early.”
Arthur said this was in an effort to “conserve materials.”
The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for Chillicothe and the surrounding area on Monday morning. This advisory will last until 12 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 14. Anywhere from one to two inches of accumulated snowfall was expected, with the heaviest accumulations coming before 10 a.m. Monday.
Monday’s high temperature is supposed to reach slightly out of freezing territory, at 36 degrees fahrenheit, according to Accuweather forecasts.
Driving conditions become dangerous any time winter weather (including Monday night’s 20-30 percent chance of snow and/or freezing drizzle, and low of 26 degrees fahrenheit) comes about. Caution is advised for persons who have to travel via any mode, per the advisory.
Several weather-related automobile accidents were prevalent in the Chillicothe area Monday morning, as responded to by local authorities and Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop H.
The C-T has learned of an overturned semi-tractor trailer, which blocked both lanes of Highway 190 for a time Monday, just west of Route A, north of town. Another semi truck overturned going westbound down the on-ramp out of Chillicothe, merging with US Highway 36. This semi was in the north ditch of the on-ramp, however, and did not block traffic.
Schools across the Chillicothe R-2 School District were dismissed at 12:15 p.m., due to inclement weather.
“Whatever we get, we’ll have to deal with,” Arthur said. “I’ve heard different things from different stations [regarding Monday’s weather conditions].
“[Tuesday], it’s supposed to get up to 43 [degrees fahrenheit],” he said. “Once it gets done [Monday], you’ll probably wake up, look out, and think ‘where’d it go?’
“Mother Nature will take it off the ground.”
As of 7 a.m. Monday morning (Feb. 13), at least one inch of snow had fallen across the Chillicothe area.
“We have all of our trucks out this morning,” said Chillicothe Street Superintendent Barry Arthur. The Chillicothe Street Department fleet is made up of nine trucks, each equiped with frontal plows, with one spare truck waiting in the wings if problems arise.
Arthur left his home in Cameron at approximately 4:50 a.m. Monday to reach Chillicothe. By then, he says, snow had already slightly covered the road.
“There wasn’t half an inch yet,” he said.
At 11 p.m. on Sunday, Arthur stated, the snow had not yet begun to fall, meaning the window for the snowfall’s beginning can be placed somewhere between those two times periods of 11 p.m. Sunday and 4:50 a.m. Monday.
“We won’t be treating a lot this morning,” Arthur said Monday. “We probably started around 6:30 a.m. I was around earlier. There weren’t problems, so we didn’t call in early.”
Arthur said this was in an effort to “conserve materials.”
The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for Chillicothe and the surrounding area on Monday morning. This advisory will last until 12 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 14. Anywhere from one to two inches of accumulated snowfall was expected, with the heaviest accumulations coming before 10 a.m. Monday.
Monday’s high temperature is supposed to reach slightly out of freezing territory, at 36 degrees fahrenheit, according to Accuweather forecasts.
Driving conditions become dangerous any time winter weather (including Monday night’s 20-30 percent chance of snow and/or freezing drizzle, and low of 26 degrees fahrenheit) comes about. Caution is advised for persons who have to travel via any mode, per the advisory.
Several weather-related automobile accidents were prevalent in the Chillicothe area Monday morning, as responded to by local authorities and Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop H.
The C-T has learned of an overturned semi-tractor trailer, which blocked both lanes of Highway 190 for a time Monday, just west of Route A, north of town. Another semi truck overturned going westbound down the on-ramp out of Chillicothe, merging with US Highway 36. This semi was in the north ditch of the on-ramp, however, and did not block traffic.
Schools across the Chillicothe R-2 School District were dismissed at 12:15 p.m., due to inclement weather.
“Whatever we get, we’ll have to deal with,” Arthur said. “I’ve heard different things from different stations [regarding Monday’s weather conditions].
“[Tuesday], it’s supposed to get up to 43 [degrees fahrenheit],” he said. “Once it gets done [Monday], you’ll probably wake up, look out, and think ‘where’d it go?’
“Mother Nature will take it off the ground.”
