BLOOMINGTON -- Snow is expected to return to the area tonight and leave 5 to 8 inches of snow across the area. A winter storm warning is in effect from 6 p.m. tonight through 6 a.m. Friday, and both Bloomington and Normal have issued parking bans.

The National Weather Service predicts snow will be heaviest along and northwest of a line from Springfield to Gibson City, where 6 to 8 inches of snow could fall by morning. Thundersnow will also be possible this evening, which could produce snowfall rates of over an inch an hour.

The snow will taper off Friday morning as the storm moves to the east, but winds gusting up to 30 miles per hour could cause blowing and drifting snow.

Bloomington has issued a snow route parking ban as of 5 p.m. today. A map of designated snow routes is available at www.cityblm.org/snow.

Normal has issued a parking ban for all of its streets from midnight tonight until 5 p.m. Friday.

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