January 19, 2021: Intense Evening Snow Squall Impacts Parts of Chicago Metro

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Radar Loop from 8:08 PM to 10:21 PM CST 1/19

KLOT Radar Loop and Snowfall Reports

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Snow/Ice Totals
Storm Reports
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Fast Facts

An intense snow squall associated with an Alberta clipper rushed through northeast Illinois during the evening hours.

Snowfall amounts ranged from 1-4" in a narrow band from Boone County to Cook County to parts of northwest Indiana.

Official snowfall total for Chicago, at O'Hare International Airport, was 1.5" with the snow squall and 1.7" total for January 19th.

Highest amount reported from a volunteer observer was 3.4" in Bull Valley (east central McHenry County).

Snow/Ice Totals

Snowfall Map as of the Morning of Wednesday January 20th

Text Listing of Snowfall Reports from Volunteer Observers

Storm Reports

Map of Snowfall Local Storm Reports

    
                        

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Preliminary Local Storm Report

National Weather Service Chicago IL

454 PM CDT Mon Jun 30 2025



..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...

..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....

            ..REMARKS..



0850 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     Libertyville            42.28N 87.94W

06/29/2025                   Lake               IL   Emergency Mngr



            During the evening of June 29, a microburst

            impacted a portion of Libertyville. A large

            tree fell onto a townhouse at 855 County

            Club Drive, rendering it uninhabitable. In

            addition, power poles were downed near

            Liberty Lake. Additional tree damage was

            reported in the same general area. Based on

            the damage reports, wind speeds likely

            exceeded 60 mph.





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