Two storm systems will track through the central and eastern U.S. today through this weekend with areas of gusty winds, rain and heavy snow. Severe thunderstorms and heavy to excessive rainfall is forecast today from the Lower Mississippi River Valley to the Tennessee Valley. Damaging winds, a few tornadoes, and areas of flooding are possible. Read More >
| A slow-moving weather system produced widespread snow across the region late Friday night, January 11, and during the entire day and evening of Saturday, January 12. Snowfall rates in northern Illinois and northwest Indiana were light to moderate across most of the area, with some brief heavy snow observed south of I-80. Preliminary totals ranged from 2-4" for most locations north of I-80, to 5-9" south of I-80. This system was responsible for significant amounts of snow across Missouri and into central Illinois. |  |
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24-hour Snowfall Amounts for Sunday(01/13/19)... Northern Illinois Snow Location (County): fall(inches) Ashkum 5.6E (Iroquois)........................9.3 Streator 1WSW (La Salle)......................8.1 Dwight (Livingston)...........................8.0 Streator (Livingston).........................8.0 Pontiac 1ESE (Livingston).....................7.8 Watseka 6.9WNW (Iroquois).....................6.2 St Anne (Kankakee)............................6.2 La Salle (La Salle)...........................5.3 Naperville 2ESE (Du Page).....................4.8 Park Forest 1NNE (Cook).......................4.7 Geneva 1SSW (Kane)............................4.5 Riverwoods (Lake).............................4.5 Mundelein (Lake)..............................4.4 Burr Ridge 2SW (Du Page)......................4.3 Highwood 1S (Lake)............................4.3 Ottawa 2N (La Salle)..........................4.3 Downers Grove 0.4NNE (Du Page)................4.1 Elburn (Kane).................................4.0 Aurora 4SE (Du Page)..........................4.0 Batavia 1WSW (Kane)...........................4.0 Elburn (Kane).................................4.0 St. Charles (Kane)............................4.0 Rockford 3NE (Winnebago)......................4.0 Marseilles Lock & Dam (La Salle)..............4.0 Park Forest (Cook)............................4.0 Rockford (Winnebago)..........................4.0 Genoa (De Kalb)...............................3.9 Worth (Cook)..................................3.9 Batavia 2WNW (Kane)...........................3.9 Peotone (Will)................................3.9 Lake Zurich (Lake)............................3.9 Peotone (Will)................................3.9 Park Forest 1SW (Cook)........................3.8 De Kalb 1SW (De Kalb).........................3.8 Wheaton 2NNE (Du Page)........................3.8 Naperville 1NW (Du Page)......................3.8 Geneva 4WSW (Kane)............................3.8 North Aurora 2NE (Kane).......................3.8 Ottawa 1NW (La Salle).........................3.8 Bourbonnais (Kankakee)........................3.7 Batavia 1WNW (Kane)...........................3.7 Bull Valley 2WNW (McHenry)....................3.7 Midway Coop (Cook)............................3.7 Roscoe 2ESE (Winnebago).......................3.6 Roscoe 2se (Winnebago)........................3.6 Botanic Gardens (Cook)........................3.5 Chicago 6ESE (Cook)...........................3.5 Mundelein 2WNW (Lake).........................3.5 Peru 1ENE (La Salle)..........................3.5 Lockport 1SE (Will)...........................3.5 Mundelein (Lake)..............................3.5 Ottawa (La Salle).............................3.5 Batavia (Kane)................................3.4 De Kalb (De Kalb).............................3.4 Coal City 4NNW (Grundy).......................3.2 Palatine 1NNE (Cook)..........................3.2 Carbon Hill 3.1N (Grundy).....................3.2 Crete 3E (Will)...............................3.2 New Lenox 2SE (Will)..........................3.2 Chicago Ridge (Cook)..........................3.1 New Lenox 3E (Will)...........................3.1 Aurora (Kane).................................3.0 Chatsworth (Livingston).......................3.0 Oak Park 2S (Cook)............................3.0 Homewood (Cook)...............................3.0 La Grange Park 1SSW (Cook)....................3.0 Somonauk 2NE (De Kalb)........................3.0 Glen Ellyn 2SSE (Du Page).....................3.0 Elmhurst (Du Page)............................3.0 Morris (Grundy)...............................3.0 Paw Paw (Lee).................................3.0 Woodstock 5nw (McHenry).......................3.0 Park Ridge (Cook).............................2.9 Elmhurst 2SE (Du Page)........................2.9 Hoffman Estates 5W (Cook).....................2.8 Plainfield 5SW (Kendall)......................2.8 Crystal Lake 1WSW (McHenry)...................2.8 Wilmington 3SE (Will).........................2.8 Hoffman Estates 2SE (Cook)....................2.7 Countryside 1ENE (Cook).......................2.7 Plainfield 2SSE (Will)........................2.7 Joliet 2n (Will)..............................2.7 Palatine 1E (Cook)............................2.6 Manhattan (Will)..............................2.6 Schaumburg 2E (Cook)..........................2.5 Harwood Heights (Cook)........................2.5 Palos Park 1SW (Cook).........................2.5 Lincolnwood 2E (Cook).........................2.5 Cortland (De Kalb)............................2.5 Elgin 2W (Kane)...............................2.5 Lansing (Cook)................................2.5 Ohare Airport (Cook)..........................2.5 Elk Grove Village 1ESE (Cook).................2.4 Plainfield (Will).............................2.4 Elgin (Kane)..................................2.3 Brandon Road Lock & Dam (Will)................2.2 Oak Park 1NNE (Cook)..........................2.1 Elk Grove Village 2WSW (Cook).................2.1 Romeoville (Will).............................2.1 Arlington Heights 3SSW (Cook).................2.0 St. Charles 6NW (Kane)........................2.0 Waukegan 2N (Lake)............................1.8 Lake Villa 2WSW (Lake)........................1.8 Park Ridge 1WNW (Cook)........................1.4 Capron (Boone)................................1.3 Northwest Indiana Snow Location (County): fall(inches) Rensselaer 2SSW (Jasper)......................7.0 Remington (Jasper)............................7.0 De Motte 1SSW (Jasper)........................6.0 De Motte 4SW (Jasper).........................6.0 Rensselaer (Jasper)...........................6.0 De Motte 1NNW (Jasper)........................5.0 Morocco (Newton)..............................5.0 Crown Point 2WSW (Lake).......................4.0 (w9mal)Merrillville 2NNW (Lake)...............3.8 Porter 1S (Porter)............................3.6 Gary 5ENE (Lake)..............................3.5 Hammond 1SSW (Lake)...........................3.5 Hebron 4NE (Porter)...........................3.5 Lakes Of The Four Seasons 2NNE (Porter).......3.5 Valparaiso 1NNW (Porter)......................3.4 Valparaiso 4SW (Porter).......................3.3 Valparaiso 6SSW (Porter)......................3.2 Dyer 1WNW (Lake)..............................3.1 Crown Point (Lake)............................2.8 $$
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1053 AM CST SUN JAN 13 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 PM SNOW 1 ESE PONTIAC 40.88N 88.61W
01/12/2019 M9.3 INCH LIVINGSTON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM 1 ESE
PONTIAC.
0700 AM SNOW 5.6 E ASHKUM 40.88N 87.85W
01/13/2019 M9.3 INCH IROQUOIS IL COCORAHS
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM 5.6 E
ASHKUM. STORM TOTAL.
0920 PM SNOW WATSEKA 40.78N 87.73W
01/12/2019 M9.0 INCH IROQUOIS IL PUBLIC
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM WATSEKA.
RELAYED THROUGH BROADCAST MEDIA.
0642 AM SNOW STREATOR 41.12N 88.84W
01/13/2019 M9.0 INCH LA SALLE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM STREATOR.
STORM TOTAL.
0400 PM SNOW 1 ESE PONTIAC 40.88N 88.61W
01/12/2019 M8.5 INCH LIVINGSTON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0852 AM SNOW 1 WSW STREATOR 41.12N 88.85W
01/13/2019 M8.1 INCH LA SALLE IL COCORAHS
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM 1 WSW
STREATOR. STORM TOTAL.
0100 PM SNOW ONARGA 40.72N 88.01W
01/12/2019 M8.0 INCH IROQUOIS IL PUBLIC
0829 AM SNOW DWIGHT 41.09N 88.43W
01/13/2019 M8.0 INCH LIVINGSTON IL CO-OP OBSERVER
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM DWIGHT.
STORM TOTAL.
0730 PM SNOW GOODLAND 40.76N 87.29W
01/12/2019 M7.8 INCH NEWTON IN PUBLIC
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM GOODLAND.
0728 PM SNOW PAXTON 40.46N 88.10W
01/12/2019 M7.0 INCH FORD IL EMERGENCY MNGR
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM PAXTON.
0800 AM SNOW REMINGTON 40.76N 87.15W
01/13/2019 M7.0 INCH JASPER IN COCORAHS
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM
REMINGTON. STORM TOTAL.
0730 AM SNOW LAKE VILLAGE 41.14N 87.45W
01/13/2019 M6.5 INCH NEWTON IN FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM LAKE
VILLAGE.
1200 PM SNOW 0.7 ESE PONTIAC 40.88N 88.62W
01/12/2019 M6.4 INCH LIVINGSTON IL COCORAHS
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM 0.7 ESE
PONTIAC. STORM TOTAL SO FAR.
0600 AM SNOW 6.9 WNW WATSEKA 40.81N 87.85W
01/13/2019 M6.2 INCH IROQUOIS IL COCORAHS
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM 6.9 WNW
WATSEKA. STORM TOTAL.
0700 AM SNOW ST. ANNE 41.02N 87.72W
01/13/2019 M6.2 INCH KANKAKEE IL CO-OP OBSERVER
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM ST. ANNE.
STORM TOTAL.
0700 AM SNOW 4 SW DEMOTTE 41.15N 87.25W
01/13/2019 M6.0 INCH JASPER IN COCORAHS
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM 4 SW
DEMOTTE. STORM TOTAL.
1030 PM SNOW MOROCCO 40.95N 87.45W
01/12/2019 M5.7 INCH NEWTON IN PUBLIC
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM MOROCCO.
0330 PM SNOW LA SALLE 41.33N 89.09W
01/12/2019 M5.4 INCH LA SALLE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
1110 AM SNOW CHATSWORTH 40.75N 88.29W
01/12/2019 M5.0 INCH LIVINGSTON IL CO-OP OBSERVER
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM
CHATSWORTH.
0416 PM SNOW BOURBONNAIS 41.16N 87.88W
01/12/2019 M5.0 INCH KANKAKEE IL PUBLIC
0930 PM SNOW DEMOTTE 41.20N 87.20W
01/12/2019 M5.0 INCH JASPER IN PUBLIC
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM DEMOTTE.
0540 PM SNOW VALPARAISO 41.47N 87.06W
01/12/2019 M4.0 INCH PORTER IN TRAINED SPOTTER
0730 PM SNOW ST. JOHN 41.45N 87.47W
01/12/2019 E4.0 INCH LAKE IN PUBLIC
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM ST. JOHN.
0554 AM SNOW ROCKFORD AIRPORT 42.20N 89.10W
01/13/2019 M4.0 INCH WINNEBAGO IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM ROCKFORD
AIRPORT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL.
0915 PM SNOW 1 W CHERRY VALLEY 42.24N 88.98W
01/12/2019 M3.9 INCH WINNEBAGO IL PUBLIC
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM 1 W
CHERRY VALLEY.
0418 PM SNOW 3 E KANKAKEE 41.12N 87.80W
01/12/2019 M3.8 INCH KANKAKEE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0840 PM SNOW 3 E HERSCHER 41.05N 88.04W
01/12/2019 M3.7 INCH KANKAKEE IL COCORAHS
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM 3 E
HERSCHER.
0540 AM SNOW 3 SW MIDWAY AIRPORT 41.74N 87.78W
01/13/2019 M3.7 INCH COOK IL CO-OP OBSERVER
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM 3 SW
MIDWAY AIRPORT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL.
0600 PM SNOW CRYSTAL LAKE 42.24N 88.32W
01/12/2019 M3.5 INCH MCHENRY IL PUBLIC
0700 PM SNOW LOMBARD 41.88N 88.01W
01/12/2019 M3.5 INCH DUPAGE IL PUBLIC
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM LOMBARD.
0730 PM SNOW HOBART 41.53N 87.26W
01/12/2019 M3.5 INCH LAKE IN PUBLIC
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM HOBART.
0730 PM SNOW BEVERLY SHORES 41.69N 86.98W
01/12/2019 M3.5 INCH PORTER IN PUBLIC
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM BEVERLY
SHORES.
0730 PM SNOW BRIDGEPORT 41.84N 87.65W
01/12/2019 M3.5 INCH COOK IL PUBLIC
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM
BRIDGEPORT.
0715 AM SNOW 0.7 NNW MARENGO 42.26N 88.61W
01/13/2019 M3.5 INCH MCHENRY IL COCORAHS
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM 0.7 NNW
MARENGO. STORM TOTAL.
0830 PM SNOW JOLIET 41.53N 88.08W
01/12/2019 M3.3 INCH WILL IL TRAINED SPOTTER
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM JOLIET.
0600 PM SNOW ST. CHARLES 41.91N 88.31W
01/12/2019 M3.2 INCH KANE IL COCORAHS
0320 PM SNOW PEOTONE 41.33N 87.79W
01/12/2019 M3.1 INCH WILL IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0400 PM SNOW BATAVIA 41.85N 88.31W
01/12/2019 M3.1 INCH KANE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0730 PM SNOW MEDINAH 41.98N 88.06W
01/12/2019 M3.0 INCH DUPAGE IL PUBLIC
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM MEDINAH.
1150 AM SNOW BOURBONNAIS 41.16N 87.88W
01/12/2019 M2.8 INCH KANKAKEE IL BROADCAST MEDIA
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM
BOURBONNAIS.
0415 PM SNOW NORTHBROOK 42.13N 87.83W
01/12/2019 M2.6 INCH COOK IL PUBLIC
0300 PM SNOW 3 WNW AURORA 41.77N 88.37W
01/12/2019 M2.6 INCH KANE IL NWS EMPLOYEE
0555 AM SNOW OHARE AIRPORT 41.98N 87.90W
01/13/2019 M2.5 INCH COOK IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM OHARE
AIRPORT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL.
0100 PM SNOW 3.1 N CARBON HILL 41.34N 88.30W
01/12/2019 M2.3 INCH GRUNDY IL COCORAHS
0630 PM SNOW 1 S LANSING 41.55N 87.54W
01/12/2019 E2.3 INCH COOK IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0515 PM SNOW 2 E SCHAUMBURG 42.03N 88.04W
01/12/2019 M2.1 INCH COOK IL PUBLIC
0555 AM SNOW NWS CHICAGO-ROMEOVILLE 41.60N 88.08W
01/13/2019 M2.1 INCH WILL IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM NWS
CHICAGO-ROMEOVILLE. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL.
0404 PM SNOW 3 SW SYCAMORE 41.97N 88.73W
01/12/2019 M2.0 INCH DE KALB IL PUBLIC
0830 PM SNOW ELK GROVE VILLAGE 42.01N 87.99W
01/12/2019 M2.0 INCH COOK IL COCORAHS
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM ELK GROVE
VILLAGE.
0333 PM SNOW 1 NNW MARENGO 42.27N 88.62W
01/12/2019 M1.9 INCH MCHENRY IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0100 PM SNOW 3.3 E NEW LENOX 41.51N 87.90W
01/12/2019 M1.8 INCH WILL IL COCORAHS
0220 PM SNOW AMBOY 41.71N 89.33W
01/12/2019 M1.8 INCH LEE IL COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL SO FAR.
0230 PM SNOW 0.4 ENE RIVERWOODS 42.17N 87.89W
01/12/2019 M1.8 INCH LAKE IL COCORAHS
0430 PM SNOW LIBERTYVILLE 42.28N 87.95W
01/12/2019 M1.8 INCH LAKE IL PUBLIC
0100 PM SNOW BATAVIA 41.85N 88.31W
01/12/2019 M1.6 INCH KANE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0430 PM SNOW 2 WSW ELK GROVE VILLAGE 41.99N 88.03W
01/12/2019 M1.6 INCH COOK IL TRAINED SPOTTER
1230 PM SNOW 0.4 ENE PEOTONE 41.33N 87.78W
01/12/2019 M1.5 INCH WILL IL COCORAHS
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM 0.4 ENE
PEOTONE. LIQUID 0.16 INCHES.
0145 PM SNOW LANSING 41.57N 87.54W
01/12/2019 M1.5 INCH COOK IL CO-OP OBSERVER
0200 PM SNOW 1.3 SW PALOS PARK 41.65N 87.85W
01/12/2019 M1.5 INCH COOK IL COCORAHS
0220 PM SNOW 2.2 WSW ELK GROVE VILLA 41.99N 88.03W
01/12/2019 M1.1 INCH COOK IL COCORAHS
1106 AM SNOW BATAVIA 41.85N 88.31W
01/12/2019 M1.0 INCH KANE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM BATAVIA.
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM BATAVIA.
0200 PM SNOW 4.5 WSW ROCKFORD 42.25N 89.18W
01/12/2019 M1.0 INCH WINNEBAGO IL COCORAHS
0430 PM SNOW CAPRON 42.40N 88.74W
01/12/2019 M0.9 INCH BOONE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
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| Satellite water vapor imagery from the morning of January 12 revealed the size of this system, with a large circulations from the Southern Plains through the Mid-Mississippi Valley. Embedded within this were several other strong circulations, all capable of steering deep moisture further northward and focusing forcing for moderate snowfall in northern Illinois and northwest Indiana. | Moisture was a key aspect of this system. This is a map of precipitable waters, or moisture through the depth of the lower atmosphere. These values were at to a little above one half inch in the NWS Chicago CWA (WFO Lincoln weather balloon launch measured 0.6" at 6 am and 6 pm). These values were over 130% of normal, which for a 12+ hour snow event is noteworthy. |
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