A storm lifting northward toward the Great Lakes will bring periods of rain and gusty winds for the eastern third of the country today. For the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies, accumulating snow and strong winds will make for hazardous traveling conditions through tonight. A stronger storm is forecast early in the week with the threat of severe thunderstorms for the Mississippi Valley. Read More >
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| Chicago, IL on Jan 11. Photo courtesy of Matt Zuro. | Near South Shore Drive in Chicago, IL on Jan 11. Photo courtesy of Bill Snyder. | Whihala Beach in Whiting, IN. Photo courtesy of Deb Mann. |
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| Hourly loop of modeled wave heights from 3 a.m. through 7 p.m. on January 11. |
Winds
Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Chicago IL
426 AM CST Sun Jan 12 2020 /526 AM EST Sun Jan 12 2020/
...HIGHEST WIND GUSTS ON SATURDAY JANUARY 11...
Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying
equipment and exposures. Not all data listed are considered
official.
Land Location Speed Time/Date
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Waukegan Airport 54 MPH 0755 AM 01/11
Chicago O`Hare 52 MPH 0938 AM 01/11
Chicago Midway 51 MPH 0935 AM 01/11
West Chicago - DuPage Arpt. 49 MPH 0720 AM 01/11
Wheeling - Chicago Exec. Arp 49 MPH 0921 AM 01/11
Gary Airport 48 MPH 1245 PM 01/11
Kankakee Airport 44 MPH 1015 AM 01/11
Sugar Grove - Aurora Arpt. 43 MPH 0636 AM 01/11
Romeoville - Lewis Airport 43 MPH 0735 AM 01/11
Valparaiso Airport 43 MPH 1209 PM 01/11
DeKalb Airport 41 MPH 0715 AM 01/11
Rockford Airport 40 MPH 0732 AM 01/11
Lansing Airport 39 MPH 0735 AM 01/11
Joliet Airport 38 MPH 0635 AM 01/11
Rochelle Airport 37 MPH 0815 AM 01/11
Pontiac Airport 36 MPH 1015 AM 01/11
Peru Airport 35 MPH 0715 AM 01/11
Marine Location Speed Time/Date
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2 NE Navy Pier 51 MPH 0830 AM 01/11
Calumet Harbor, IL 43 MPH 0842 AM 01/11
Heavy Rainfall
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| Rainfall Totals from Friday Night, January 10 into early Saturday, January 11 |
Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Chicago IL
0950 AM CST Sat Jan 11 2020
...Morning Rainfall Roundup...
The following are rain amounts for the previous 24-hours
as measured in the morning by NWS Cooperative Observers
and CoCoRaHS observers.
Observations are usually taken between 6 AND 8 AM.
24-hour rainfall amounts
for Saturday(01/11/20)...
Illinois Rain
Location (County): fall (inches)
Chatsworth (Livingston)......................2.97
Marseilles Lock & Dam (La Salle).............2.91
Chatsworth (Livingston)......................2.75
Kankakee (Kankakee)..........................2.69
Herscher 3E (Kankakee).......................2.69
Crete 3E (Will)..............................2.62
St Anne (Kankakee)...........................2.62
Ashkum 5.6E (Iroquois).......................2.57
Gibson 3WNW (Ford)...........................2.51
Bourbonnais (Kankakee).......................2.46
Pontiac 1SE (Livingston).....................2.45
Peotone (Will)...............................2.34
Beecher 3ENE (Will)..........................2.27
Lansing (Cook)...............................2.21
Oak Lawn (Cook)..............................2.07
Park Forest (Cook)...........................2.00
Watseka 6.9WNW (Iroquois)....................1.99
Chicago 6ESE (Cook)..........................1.97
Flossmoor 1ESE (Cook)........................1.97
Manhattan 2SE (Will).........................1.95
Lansing (Cook)...............................1.94
Wilmington 3SE (Will)........................1.94
Pontiac (Livingston).........................1.88
Homewood (Cook)..............................1.85
Paxton (Ford)................................1.85
Midway Coop (Cook)...........................1.80
Bridgeview 1NNW (Cook).......................1.78
New Lenox 3E (Will)..........................1.77
Dwight (Livingston)..........................1.75
Palos Park 1SW (Cook)........................1.75
Oak Lawn 2SE (Cook)..........................1.74
Minooka (Grundy).............................1.74
Manhattan 5ENE (Will)........................1.74
Manhattan (Will).............................1.74
Chicago Ridge (Cook).........................1.73
Oak Lawn 2WNW (Cook).........................1.73
Midlothian (Cook)............................1.72
Countryside 1ENE (Cook)......................1.70
Mazon 0.5ENE (Grundy)........................1.65
Joliet 3WNW (Will)...........................1.64
Plainfield 3ESE (Will).......................1.62
New Lenox 2SE (Will).........................1.62
Morris (Grundy)..............................1.61
Cissna Park 1S (Iroquois)....................1.57
Coal City 4NNW (Grundy)......................1.56
Carbon Hill 3.1N (Grundy)....................1.56
Morris 5NNW (Grundy).........................1.56
Park Forest 1NNE (Cook)......................1.55
Oswego 5SSE (Kendall)........................1.54
Channahon 2SSE (Will)........................1.54
Lockport 1SE (Will)..........................1.54
Coal City 3N (Grundy)........................1.52
Joliet 2n (Will).............................1.51
Willow Springs (Cook)........................1.51
Morris 6ESE (Grundy).........................1.50
Brandon Road Lock & Dam (Will)...............1.50
Homer Glen 2NW (Will)........................1.49
Somonauk 2NE (De Kalb).......................1.48
Plainfield 2SSE (Will).......................1.48
Romeoville (Will)............................1.46
Ottawa 1NW (La Salle)........................1.45
Oak Park 2S (Cook)...........................1.42
Elk Grove Village 2WSW (Cook)................1.42
Downers Grove 0.4NNE (Du Page)...............1.42
Naperville 4SSW (Will).......................1.42
Midway (Cook)................................1.42
Ottawa 2N (La Salle).........................1.41
Glen Ellyn 2SSE (Du Page)....................1.40
Naperville 2SE (Du Page).....................1.40
Wilmington 6NW (Will)........................1.40
Ottawa (La Salle)............................1.40
Harwood Heights (Cook).......................1.39
Bolingbrook 3NE (Du Page)....................1.39
Plainfield 5SW (Kendall).....................1.39
Geneva 4WSW (Kane)...........................1.39
Oak Park 1NNE (Cook).........................1.38
Naperville 2ESE (Du Page)....................1.38
La Salle (La Salle)..........................1.38
Streator (Livingston)........................1.37
Burr Ridge 2SW (Du Page).....................1.36
Sugar Grove 1NE (Kane).......................1.36
Geneva 1SSW (Kane)...........................1.36
Elburn (Kane)................................1.35
Morris 2SSE (Grundy).........................1.34
Batavia 1WNW (Kane)..........................1.34
Streator 1WSW (La Salle).....................1.34
Aurora 4SE (Du Page).........................1.33
Villa Park 1NW (Du Page).....................1.33
North Aurora 2NE (Kane)......................1.33
Joliet (Will)................................1.33
Batavia (Kane)...............................1.32
Elmhurst 2SE (Du Page).......................1.32
Batavia 2WNW (Kane)..........................1.32
Hoffman Estates 5W (Cook)....................1.31
Montgomery 1SSE (Kendall)....................1.31
Romeoville (Will)............................1.31
Rogers Park 2SW (Cook).......................1.30
Paw Paw (Lee)................................1.30
Aurora 4SE (Du Page).........................1.29
Lincolnwood 2E (Cook)........................1.28
La Grange Park 1SSW (Cook)...................1.28
Glen Ellyn 1WSW (Du Page)....................1.28
St. Charles (Kane)...........................1.28
Morris (Grundy)..............................1.27
Elgin (Kane).................................1.26
Coal City (Grundy)...........................1.26
Batavia 1WSW (Kane)..........................1.24
Aurora (Kane)................................1.23
Elmhurst 1ESE (Du Page)......................1.23
Peru 1ENE (La Salle).........................1.23
Wheaton 2NNE (Du Page).......................1.21
St. Charles 6NW (Kane).......................1.21
Sugar Grove 1ENE (Kane)......................1.20
Schaumburg 2E (Cook).........................1.19
Aurora (Kane)................................1.18
Elgin (Kane).................................1.18
Elgin 1S (Kane)..............................1.18
Elmhurst (Du Page)...........................1.17
West Chicago (Du Page).......................1.16
Park Ridge (Cook)............................1.16
Riverwoods (Lake)............................1.16
Elk Grove Village 1ESE (Cook)................1.15
Ohare Airport (Cook).........................1.14
Westmont (Du Page)...........................1.14
Hoffman Estates 2SE (Cook)...................1.12
Park Ridge 1WNW (Cook).......................1.10
Mount Prospect 3NE (Cook)....................1.10
Buffalo Grove 2N (Lake)......................1.08
Highwood 1S (Lake)...........................1.08
Rockford 3NE (Winnebago).....................1.08
Elgin 2W (Kane)..............................1.07
Mundelein (Lake).............................1.07
Palatine 1E (Cook)...........................1.04
Lake Zurich (Lake)...........................1.04
Genoa (De Kalb)..............................1.02
Lake Bluff 1W (Lake).........................1.02
Waukegan 2N (Lake)...........................1.02
Wheeling (Cook)..............................1.00
Schaumburg (Du Page).........................0.98
Earlville 5NNE (De Kalb).....................0.98
De Kalb (De Kalb)............................0.97
Lombard 1NNW (Du Page).......................0.95
DeKalb (De Kalb).............................0.93
De Kalb 1SW (De Kalb)........................0.92
Rockford 2ENE (Winnebago)....................0.92
Palatine 1NNE (Cook).........................0.91
Earlville 3S (La Salle)......................0.90
Lake Villa 1SSW (Lake).......................0.90
Lake Villa 2WSW (Lake).......................0.90
Mendota (La Salle)...........................0.88
Waukegan (Lake)..............................0.87
Sterling 4NE (Lee)...........................0.86
Woodstock 4SW (McHenry)......................0.83
Mundelein (Lake).............................0.82
Rockford (Winnebago).........................0.78
Peru (La Salle)..............................0.78
Bull Valley 2WNW (McHenry)...................0.77
Crystal Lake 1WSW (McHenry)..................0.74
Capron (Boone)...............................0.70
Woodstock 5nw (McHenry)......................0.67
Dekalb (De Kalb).............................0.65
Rochelle (Ogle)..............................0.49
Steward (Lee)................................0.46
Indiana Rain
Location (County): fall (inches)
Hebron 4NE (Porter)..........................3.04
Valparaiso 4SW (Porter)......................2.95
Valparaiso 6SSW (Porter).....................2.90
De Motte 1SSW (Jasper).......................2.80
Valparaiso 2WSW (Porter).....................2.80
Valparaiso 1NNW (Porter).....................2.78
Schererville 1E (Lake).......................2.66
Valparaiso (Porter)..........................2.64
Crown Point (Lake)...........................2.63
De Motte 1NNW (Jasper).......................2.63
Crown Point 1N (Lake)........................2.63
Dyer 1WNW (Lake).............................2.54
St. John (Lake)..............................2.47
De Motte 4SW (Jasper)........................2.40
Portage 3E (Porter)..........................2.40
Gary 5ENE (Lake).............................2.39
Porter 1S (Porter)...........................2.39
De Motte 6S (Jasper).........................2.30
Mount Ayr 2NNE (Newton)......................2.19
Morocco (Newton).............................2.15
Kentland 2SSE (Newton).......................2.12
Rensselaer (Jasper)..........................2.12
Hammond 1SSW (Lake)..........................2.10
Rensselaer 2SSW (Jasper).....................2.05
Kentland (Newton)............................1.87
Remington (Jasper)...........................1.86
Storm Reports
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| Storm Reports |
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
437 AM CST SUN JAN 12 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 AM SNOW CRYSTAL LAKE 42.26N 88.40W
01/12/2020 M1.5 INCH MCHENRY IL CO-OP OBSERVER
1205 AM SNOW ROCKFORD AIRPORT 42.20N 89.10W
01/12/2020 M2.1 INCH WINNEBAGO IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS
1200 AM SNOW NWS CHICAGO-ROMEOVILLE 41.60N 88.08W
01/12/2020 E0.4 INCH WILL IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS
1200 AM SNOW 3 SW MIDWAY AIRPORT 41.74N 87.78W
01/12/2020 E1.2 INCH COOK IL CO-OP OBSERVER
1200 AM SNOW OHARE AIRPORT 41.98N 87.90W
01/12/2020 M2.1 INCH COOK IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS
LIQUID EQUIVALENT OF 0.06 IN.
1100 PM SNOW MORTON GROVE 42.04N 87.78W
01/11/2020 M1.8 INCH COOK IL BROADCAST MEDIA
1046 PM SNOW 1 NW SOUTH ELGIN 42.00N 88.31W
01/11/2020 M1.3 INCH KANE IL PUBLIC
0600 PM FREEZING RAIN DUPAGE AIRPORT 41.91N 88.25W
01/11/2020 M0.04 INCH DUPAGE IL ASOS
0600 PM FREEZING RAIN SUGAR GROVE 41.76N 88.44W
01/11/2020 M0.03 INCH KANE IL ASOS
MEASURED AT AURORA AIRPORT ASOS.
0200 PM LAKESHORE FLOOD CHICAGO 41.89N 87.61W
01/11/2020 COOK IL BROADCAST MEDIA
ASPHALT ON CHICAGO BIKE PATH ALONG THE LAKE
SHORE DAMAGED AT OHIO STREET BEACH DUE TO
BATTERING HIGH WAVES.
0110 PM LAKESHORE FLOOD 6 SSE SOUTH CHICAGO 41.77N 87.56W
01/11/2020 COOK IL BROADCAST MEDIA
WATER AS MUCH AS 400 FT INLAND WEST OF LAKE
MICHIGAN SHORE. WATER SEVERAL INCHES DEEP
OVER 72ND STREET AND ONTO PROPERTIES THAT
ARE ALONG THE ROAD.
1200 PM FREEZING RAIN ROCKFORD AIRPORT 42.20N 89.10W
01/11/2020 M0.25 INCH WINNEBAGO IL ASOS
1200 PM LAKESHORE FLOOD 1 NNE ROGERS PARK 42.02N 87.66W
01/11/2020 COOK IL PUBLIC
VIDEO SHARED BY PUBLIC VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OF
WAVES REACHING RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES ALONG
EASTLAKE TERRACE IN ROGERS PARK
NEIGHBORHOOD.
1200 PM LAKESHORE FLOOD 1 ESE EVANSTON 42.04N 87.67W
01/11/2020 COOK IL PUBLIC
VIDEO SHARED BY PUBLIC VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
SHOWS ELLIOT PARK INUNDATED BY LAKE
MICHIGAN.
1155 AM HEAVY RAIN CEDAR LAKE 41.37N 87.44W
01/11/2020 M3.15 INCH LAKE IN PUBLIC
1030 AM LAKESHORE FLOOD 2 NNW SOUTH CHICAGO 41.77N 87.56W
01/11/2020 COOK IL PUBLIC
PHOTO SHARED BY PUBLIC VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
SHOWS LAKE MICHIGAN FLOOD INUNDATION HAS
REACHED SOUTH SHORE DRIVE AT 72ND STREET.
0930 AM FLOOD 2 NNE CLIFTON 40.96N 87.92W
01/11/2020 IROQUOIS IL EMERGENCY MNGR
IROQUOIS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS
FLOODING AT OLD US-45 NORTH OF 3100 NORTH
ROAD.
0900 AM LAKESHORE FLOOD 1 ESE ROGERS PARK 42.01N 87.66W
01/11/2020 COOK IL PUBLIC
VIDEO SHARED BY PUBLIC OVER SOCIAL MEDIA OF
LARGE PORTIONS OF LOYOLA BEACH INUNDATED BY
LAKESHORE FLOODING INCLUDING SIDEWALKS AND
PORTIONS OF THE BREAKWALL.
0820 AM FREEZING RAIN WINNEBAGO 42.27N 89.24W
01/11/2020 M0.25 INCH WINNEBAGO IL TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES.
THIN LAYER OF ICE ON PAVEMENT. LOST POWER
BRIEFLY OVERNIGHT.
0730 AM FLOOD 3 NNW PONTIAC 40.92N 88.64W
01/11/2020 LIVINGSTON IL PUBLIC
PHOTO SHARED BY PUBLIC OVER SOCIAL MEDIA OF
FLOODED AGRICULTURAL LAND AND POSSIBLY SOME
RURAL ROADS NEAR I-55 AND IL-23.
0730 AM FLOOD CHATSWORTH 40.75N 88.29W
01/11/2020 LIVINGSTON IL CO-OP OBSERVER
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTS MINOR FLOODING
OF AGRICULTURAL FIELDS IN THE CHATSWORTH
AREA.
0715 AM HEAVY RAIN PARK FOREST 41.48N 87.69W
01/11/2020 M2.01 INCH COOK IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN JOLIET 41.53N 88.08W
01/11/2020 E1.58 INCH WILL IL PUBLIC
0500 AM HEAVY RAIN BONFIELD 41.15N 88.06W
01/11/2020 E2.38 INCH KANKAKEE IL PUBLIC
VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
Snowfall and Forecast Points
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| Snowfall Amounts and Forecast Challenges |
Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Chicago IL
1001 AM CST Sun Jan 12 2020
...Morning Snowfall Roundup...
The following are snow amounts for the previous 24 hours
as measured in the morning by NWS Cooperative Observers
and CoCoRaHS observers.
Observations are usually taken at 7 AM.
24-hour Snowfall Amounts for Sunday(01/12/20)...
Northern Illinois Snow
Location (County): fall(inches)
Elmhurst (Du Page)............................2.5
Algonquin 1N (McHenry)........................2.5
Capron (Boone)................................2.1
Ohare Airport (Cook)..........................2.1
Rockford (Winnebago)..........................2.1
Somonauk 2NE (De Kalb)........................2.0
Dixon 3NNW (Lee)..............................2.0
Waukegan 2N (Lake)............................2.0
Peru 1ENE (La Salle)..........................2.0
Mundelein (Lake)..............................2.0
Harwood Heights (Cook)........................1.9
Oak Park 1NNE (Cook)..........................1.9
Bull Valley 2WNW (McHenry)....................1.9
Lincolnwood 2E (Cook).........................1.8
Downers Grove 0.4NNE (Du Page)................1.8
Genoa (De Kalb)...............................1.7
Hoffman Estates 5W (Cook).....................1.7
Roselle 1ESE (Du Page)........................1.7
La Salle (La Salle)...........................1.7
Oak Park 2S (Cook)............................1.6
Rogers Park 2SW (Cook)........................1.6
Wonder Lake 1WNW (McHenry)....................1.6
Oak Lawn (Cook)...............................1.5
Park Ridge (Cook).............................1.5
Hoffman Estates 2SE (Cook)....................1.5
Buffalo Grove 2N (Lake).......................1.5
Rockford 3NE (Winnebago)......................1.5
Rockford 6S (Winnebago).......................1.5
Rockford 1NW (Winnebago)......................1.4
Elmhurst 1ESE (Du Page).......................1.3
Geneva 4WSW (Kane)............................1.3
Geneva 1SSW (Kane)............................1.3
Mundelein (Lake)..............................1.2
Elgin 2W (Kane)...............................1.2
Midway Coop (Cook)............................1.2
Bridgeview 1NNW (Cook)........................1.1
Park Ridge 1WNW (Cook)........................1.1
Burr Ridge 2SW (Du Page)......................1.1
Ottawa 2N (La Salle)..........................1.1
Crystal Lake 1WSW (McHenry)...................1.1
Lake Zurich (Lake)............................1.1
Palatine 1E (Cook)............................1.0
Chicago Ridge (Cook)..........................1.0
Elk Grove Village 2WSW (Cook).................1.0
De Kalb 1SW (De Kalb).........................1.0
Wheaton 2NNE (Du Page)........................1.0
Riverwoods (Lake).............................1.0
Woodstock 4SW (McHenry).......................1.0
Ottawa (La Salle).............................1.0
Willow Springs (Cook).........................1.0
Palatine 1NNE (Cook)..........................0.9
St. Charles 6NW (Kane)........................0.9
Plainfield 2SSE (Will)........................0.9
Batavia (Kane)................................0.8
Elgin (Kane)..................................0.8
Hebron (McHenry)..............................0.8
Countryside 1ENE (Cook).......................0.8
Bolingbrook 3NE (Du Page).....................0.8
Batavia 1WNW (Kane)...........................0.8
Lockport 1SE (Will)...........................0.8
Barrington (Lake).............................0.7
Elk Grove Village 1ESE (Cook).................0.7
Sugar Grove 1NE (Kane)........................0.7
Batavia 2WNW (Kane)...........................0.7
Crete 3E (Will)...............................0.7
Paw Paw (Lee).................................0.7
DeKalb (De Kalb)..............................0.6
Streator 1WSW (La Salle)......................0.6
New Lenox 2SE (Will)..........................0.6
Chicago 6ESE (Cook)...........................0.5
Palos Park 1SW (Cook).........................0.5
New Lenox 3E (Will)...........................0.5
Manhattan (Will)..............................0.5
Park Forest (Cook)............................0.5
Ottawa 1NW (La Salle).........................0.4
Romeoville (Will).............................0.4
Mendota (La Salle)............................0.4
Joliet 2n (Will)..............................0.3
Coal City 4NNW (Grundy).......................0.2
Park Forest 1NNE (Cook).......................0.2
Aurora 4SE (Du Page)..........................0.2
Naperville 2SE (Du Page)......................0.2
Carbon Hill 3.1N (Grundy).....................0.2
Montgomery 1SSE (Kendall).....................0.2
Bourbonnais (Kankakee)........................0.1
Watseka 6.9WNW (Iroquois).....................0.1
Herscher 3E (Kankakee)........................0.1
Streator (Livingston).........................0.1
Ashkum 5.6E (Iroquois)......................TRACE
Chatsworth (Livingston).....................TRACE
Peotone (Will)..............................TRACE
Momence (Kankakee)..........................TRACE
Morris (Grundy).............................TRACE
Peotone (Will)..............................TRACE
St Anne (Kankakee)..........................TRACE
Steward (Lee)...............................TRACE
Northwest Indiana Snow
Location (County): fall(inches)
Valparaiso 1NNW (Porter)......................0.6
Crown Point (Lake)............................0.5
Dyer 1WNW (Lake)..............................0.3
Valparaiso 6SSW (Porter)......................0.3
Valparaiso 4SW (Porter).......................0.2
Hebron 4NE (Porter)...........................0.2
Porter 1S (Porter)............................0.2
Rensselaer (Jasper)...........................0.2
Gary 5ENE (Lake)..............................0.1
Crown Point 1N (Lake).........................0.0
Rensselaer 2SSW (Jasper)....................TRACE
De Motte 6S (Jasper)........................TRACE
De Motte 4SW (Jasper).......................TRACE
Mount Ayr 2NNE (Newton).....................TRACE
Morocco (Newton)............................TRACE
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