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

254 PM CDT Mon Apr 20 2026



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

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

            ..REMARKS..



1011 PM     Tornado          4 ESE Woodland          40.68N 87.66W

04/17/2026                   Iroquois           IL   NWS Storm Survey



            An NWS damage survey determined an EF-2

            tornado with peak winds near 115 mph, path

            length of 11 miles, and path width of 150

            yards impacted mainly rural portions of

            Iroquois and Newton counties in Illinois and

            Indiana, respectively. Damage along the

            paths consisted of downed trees, damaged

            farm buildings, and snapped power poles.



1025 PM     Tornado          2 SSW Kentland          40.75N 87.46W

04/17/2026                   Newton             IN   NWS Storm Survey



            An NWS damage survey confirmed an EF-1

            tornado with peak winds near 90 mph, path

            width of 3.2 miles, and maximum width of 50

            yards impacted the south side of Kentland.

            Damage consisted of downed tree limbs, a

            blown over semi truck, a downed bill board,

            and roofing damage to a structure.





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