Winter Storm

Ice covers a tree near the clock Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

Traffic backs up as first responders work the scene two accidents, one in the northbound lane and another in the southbound lane of I-55 on the Diversion Channel bridge Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. (Laura Simon)

Water drips from icicles hanging from an awning Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

First responders work the scene of an accident in the southbound lane of I-55 on the Diversion Channel bridge Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. (Laura Simon)

Southeast Missouri State University student Olivia Richardson braves the falling sleet as she walks to the University Center Thursday morning, Feb. 21, 2013. "I'm so cold right now,"Richardson said. (Laura Simon)

Helen Hutson, custodian of Southeast Missouri State University's University Center, spreads salt over the sidewalk near the entrance Thursday morning, Feb. 21, 2013. (Laura Simon)

Sleet falls around Southeast Missouri State University student Kristene Taylor as she walks across campus to Parker Hall for her next class Thursday morning, Feb. 21, 2013. (Laura Simon)

A City of Cape Girardeau Public Works truck spreads salt brine as it heads south on Sprigg Street Thursday morning, Feb. 21, 2013. (Laura Simon)

A bundled Christina Pohrer shields herself from the falling sleet as she heads to meet her friends for lunch at Subway in the Scully Building Thursday morning, Feb. 21, 2013 on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. (Laura Simon)

A pedestrian shields herself from the falling sleet as she crosses Normal Avenue Thursday morning, Feb. 21, 2013 on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. (Laura Simon)

First responders work the scene of an accident in the northbound lane of I-55 on the Diversion Channel bridge Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. (Laura Simon)

First responders work the scene of an accident in the northbound lane of I-55 on the Diversion Channel bridge Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. (Laura Simon)

Icicles hang from a streetlight on Broadway in Cape Girardeau as freezing rain continues to fall Thursday, Feb. 21. (Adam Vogler)

A Cape Girardeau Public Works Department truck receives another load of rock salt Thursday afternoon, Feb. 21, 2013. (Laura Simon)

An unidentified man stands with northbound facing Ford pickup truck on southbound lane of I-55 on the Diversion Channel bridge Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. (Laura Simon)

Ice accumulates on the blades of grass at the Lorimier in Cape Girardeau as freezing rain continues to fall Thursday, Feb. 21. (Adam Vogler)

Traffic backs up in the southbound lane of I-55 heading to the Diversion Channel bridge as first responders work the scene of a single vehicle accident Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. (Laura Simon)

Ice accumulates on the branches of a tree on Broadway in Cape Girardeau as freezing rain continues to fall Thursday, Feb. 21. (Adam Vogler)

Heavy rain and sleet fall outside as Cyrus Sawyer of Mounds, Ill. and his friends play a round of darts Thursday afternoon, Feb. 21, 2013 at Hotshots in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

Heavy rain and sleet fall outside as Kody Reichert of Karnak, Ill. and his friends play a round of darts Thursday afternoon, Feb. 21, 2013 at Hotshots in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

Ice covers a tree near the clock Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

Kara Kiddy, a bartender at Hotshots in downtown Cape Girardeau, cuts the sides from a Blue Moon t-shirt to adjust it's look Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. Kiddy was putting a creative touch to a stack of t-shirts for a Coors Light and Blue Moon promotional event at Hotshots Saturday. (Laura Simon)

Members of the Cape Girardeau Fire Department work to help an unidentified woman who was struck by a falling tree limb Thursday, Feb. 21, on North Henderson Avenue between Independence Street and Themis Street. (Adam Vogler)

Ice blankets a bench along Main Street Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

Water pours onto a pile of slush on the sidewalk Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

Members of the Cape Girardeau Fire Department work to help an unidentified woman who was struck by a falling tree limb Thursday, Feb. 21, on North Henderson Avenue between Independence Street and Themis Street. (Adam Vogler)

Water drips from icicles hanging from an awning Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 in downtown Cape Girardeau. (Laura Simon)

Justin Eaker takes a shot on the pool table Thursday afternoon, Feb. 21, 2013 at Hotshots in downtown Cape Girardeau. A downpour of rain and sleet fell outside as Eaker kept dry inside with his game of pool. (Laura Simon)

A fallen tree branch blocks Briarwood Drive near Sherwood Drive in Cape Girardeau as freezing rain continues to fall Thursday, Feb. 21. (Adam Vogler)