We just had an interesting snow thunderstorm. Great big peals of blue lightening arched across the sky, while snow flakes the size of quarters fell quickly as if it was a spring rain. Pretty neat. Too bad I couldn't capture any pictures; I was only able to stand on the porch and enjoy. As quickly and furiously it came, it stopped. It dumped about 2" in less than 2 hours. The snow was falling so fast, that as I dusted one side of the car the other side had already accumulated enough to obscure the window. Peoria just had a the small wing of the main storm that swept across central Illinois. I don't know if the main section was snow or rain.