And when it started coming down, the panic set in.
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"They were telling everybody to go ahead and go home because it's getting really bad," Bowes said.
So bad, in fact, that Bowes ended up in a ditch.
I was coming straight through here and there was a truck in front of me that spun in a circle, and I kind of just let off the brake and it just slid off into the grass," she said.
When an ABC11 crew pulled up, a pickup driver and several of his friends had stopped to help.
They quickly attached a strap to Bowes' SUV and took just a few seconds to get her vehicle out of the ditch.
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Bowes was touched by their act of kindness.
"I find it amazing that people are so willing to help," she said, wiping back a tear. "He was like the seventh person that stopped to ask if I was OK."
There were thanks and hugs. Then Bowes had a parting message for all the people out on the roads.
"I pray that everybody gets home safe today," she said, "because it's getting pretty bad."