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Text Listing of Snowfall Reports from Volunteer Observers:
Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville IL
1023 AM CST Tue Nov 12 2019
...2-Day Snowfall Roundup...
The following are snow amounts for the previous 2 days
as measured in the morning by NWS Cooperative Observers
and CoCoRaHS observers. Observations are usually
taken at 7 AM.
2-DAY SNOW TOTALS FOR Tuesday (11/12/19)
as of 10:23 AM CST
ILLINOIS 2-Day Snowfall
Location (County): Amt(inches) Reports
Bull Valley 2WNW (McHenry)....................5.7 (2)
De Kalb 1SW (De Kalb).........................5.6 (2)
De Kalb (De Kalb).............................5.6 (2)
Elgin (Kane)..................................5.5 (2)
Wonder Lake 1WNW (McHenry)....................5.3 (2)
Rockford 3NE (Winnebago)......................5.0 (2)
Algonquin 1N (McHenry)........................5.0 (1)
Harvard (McHenry).............................5.0 (2)
Rockford 2ENE (Winnebago).....................4.8 (1)
Lake Villa 1SSW (Lake)........................4.8 (2)
Roscoe 2se (Winnebago)........................4.7 (2)
Roscoe 2ESE (Winnebago).......................4.7 (2)
St. Charles (Kane)............................4.7 (2)
Lincolnshire 1N (Lake)........................4.6 (2)
Buffalo Grove 2N (Lake).......................4.5 (2)
Dixon 3NNW (Lee)..............................4.5 (2)
Woodstock 4SW (McHenry).......................4.3 (1)
Woodstock 5nw (McHenry).......................4.1 (2)
Lincolnwood 2E (Cook).........................4.0 (2)
Palatine 1E (Cook)............................4.0 (2)
Elgin 2W (Kane)...............................3.9 (2)
Rockford 1NW (Winnebago)......................3.8 (2)
Elk Grove Village 2WSW (Cook).................3.8 (2)
Ashton (Lee)..................................3.7 (2)
Oak Park 1NNE (Cook)..........................3.7 (2)
Mount Prospect 3NE (Cook).....................3.7 (1)
Capron (Boone)................................3.7 (2)
Lisle Morton Arb (Du Page)....................3.6 (2)
Geneva 1SSW (Kane)............................3.6 (2)
Genoa (De Kalb)...............................3.6 (2)
Crystal Lake (McHenry)........................3.6 (1)
Rockford (Winnebago)..........................3.6 (2)
Riverwoods (Lake).............................3.6 (2)
Elgin 1S (Kane)...............................3.6 (2)
Elgin (Kane)..................................3.6 (2)
Crystal Lake 1WSW (McHenry)...................3.5 (2)
Lake Villa 2WSW (Lake)........................3.5 (1)
Elburn (Kane).................................3.5 (2)
Roselle 1ESE (Du Page)........................3.5 (1)
Wheaton 2NNE (Du Page)........................3.5 (2)
Harwood Heights (Cook)........................3.5 (2)
Elburn (Kane).................................3.5 (2)
O`hare Airport (Cook).........................3.4 (2)
Park Ridge (Cook).............................3.4 (2)
Paw Paw (Lee).................................3.3 (2)
Batavia 1WSW (Kane)...........................3.3 (2)
Downers Grove 0.4NNE (Du Page)................3.3 (2)
De Kalb (De Kalb).............................3.3 (1)
Gurnee 2W (Lake)..............................3.2 (1)
Batavia 1WNW (Kane)...........................3.2 (2)
Batavia (Kane)................................3.1 (2)
Lake Zurich (Lake)............................3.0 (2)
Sterling 4NE (Lee)............................3.0 (1)
Aurora 4SE (Du Page)..........................3.0 (2)
Elk Grove Village 1ESE (Cook).................3.0 (2)
Hoffman Estates 5W (Cook).....................3.0 (2)
Hoffman Estates 2SE (Cook)....................2.9 (2)
Mundelein (Lake)..............................2.9 (2)
Midway Coop (Cook)............................2.9 (2)
Palatine 1NNE (Cook)..........................2.8 (2)
Schaumburg 2E (Cook)..........................2.7 (2)
Steward (Lee).................................2.5 (2)
Naperville 1NW (Du Page)......................2.5 (2)
Elmhurst 1ESE (Du Page).......................2.5 (1)
Somonauk 2NE (De Kalb)........................2.5 (2)
Oak Lawn (Cook)...............................2.5 (2)
Burr Ridge 2SW (Du Page)......................2.4 (1)
Highwood 1S (Lake)............................2.3 (2)
Sugar Grove 1NE (Kane)........................2.3 (2)
Hebron (McHenry)..............................2.3 (1)
La Grange Park 1SSW (Cook)....................2.2 (2)
Homewood (Cook)...............................2.2 (2)
Rogers Park 2SW (Cook)........................2.2 (1)
Park Ridge 1WNW (Cook)........................2.2 (2)
Barrington (Lake).............................2.2 (2)
Plainfield 2SSE (Will)........................2.1 (2)
Elmhurst 2SE (Du Page)........................2.1 (1)
Bridgeview 1NNW (Cook)........................2.0 (2)
Paxton (Ford).................................2.0 (2)
Ottawa (La Salle).............................2.0 (2)
Naperville 4SSW (Will)........................2.0 (2)
Lockport 1SE (Will)...........................2.0 (2)
Elmhurst (Du Page)............................2.0 (1)
Dwight (Livingston)...........................2.0 (2)
Peru 1ENE (La Salle)..........................1.9 (2)
Chicago Ridge (Cook)..........................1.9 (2)
Park Forest (Cook)............................1.8 (1)
New Lenox 2SE (Will)..........................1.8 (2)
Geneva 4WSW (Kane)............................1.8 (1)
Naperville 2ESE (Du Page).....................1.8 (1)
New Lenox 3E (Will)...........................1.7 (2)
Oak Park 2S (Cook)............................1.6 (2)
Peotone (Will)................................1.5 (2)
Lansing (Cook)................................1.5 (1)
St. Charles 6NW (Kane)........................1.5 (2)
North Aurora 2NE (Kane).......................1.5 (1)
Oswego 5SSE (Kendall).........................1.5 (2)
Watseka 6.9WNW (Iroquois).....................1.5 (1)
Minooka (Grundy)..............................1.5 (1)
Lisle (Du Page)...............................1.5 (1)
Palos Park 1SW (Cook).........................1.5 (2)
Chicago 6ESE (Cook)...........................1.5 (2)
Aurora (Kane).................................1.5 (2)
Amboy (Lee)...................................1.5 (2)
Romeoville (Will).............................1.4 (2)
St Anne (Kankakee)............................1.4 (1)
Aurora 4SE (Du Page)..........................1.4 (1)
Winnetka 1ESE (Cook)..........................1.4 (1)
Crete 3E (Will)...............................1.3 (2)
Ashkum 5.6E (Iroquois)........................1.3 (1)
Carbon Hill 3.1N (Grundy).....................1.3 (2)
Coal City 4NNW (Grundy).......................1.3 (2)
Westmont (Du Page)............................1.2 (2)
La Salle (La Salle)...........................1.2 (2)
Watseka (Iroquois)............................1.2 (2)
Manhattan (Will)..............................1.2 (2)
Bolingbrook 3NE (Du Page).....................1.2 (1)
Plainfield (Will).............................1.1 (2)
Joliet 2n (Will)..............................1.1 (2)
Bourbonnais (Kankakee)........................1.1 (2)
Rochelle (Ogle)...............................1.0 (1)
Morris (Grundy)...............................1.0 (2)
Wilmington 3SE (Will).........................1.0 (1)
Herscher 3E (Kankakee)........................1.0 (2)
Earlville 3S (La Salle).......................1.0 (2)
Chatsworth (Livingston).......................1.0 (1)
Palos Park 4WNW (Cook)........................0.9 (1)
Ottawa 2N (La Salle)..........................0.9 (2)
Brandon Road Lock & Dam (Will)................0.7 (2)
Manhattan 5ENE (Will).........................0.7 (1)
Homer Glen 1ENE (Will)........................0.6 (1)
Cortland (De Kalb)............................0.6 (1)
Plainfield 5SW (Kendall)......................0.5 (1)
Oak Lawn 2WNW (Cook)..........................0.5 (1)
Momence (Kankakee)............................0.3 (1)
Manhattan 1ESE (Will).........................0.3 (1)
Mendota (La Salle)............................0.2 (2)
Fairbury (Livingston).........................0.2 (1)
Willow Springs (Cook).........................0.0 (1)
Streator (Livingston).........................0.0 (1)
Peotone (Will)................................0.0 (1)
Huntley (McHenry).............................0.0 (1)
Elburn (Kane).................................0.0 (1)
Cissna Park 1S (Iroquois).....................0.0 (1)
Morris 5NNW (Grundy)..........................0.0 (1)
Coal City (Grundy)............................0.0 (1)
INDIANA 2-Day Snowfall
Location (County): Amt(inches) Reports
Valparaiso 2WNW (Porter)......................4.5 (2)
Lakes Of The Four Seasons 2NNE (Porter).......4.0 (1)
Wheatfield 3S (Jasper)........................4.0 (2)
Rensselaer 2SSW (Jasper)......................3.8 (2)
De Motte 1NNW (Jasper)........................3.7 (2)
Rensselaer (Jasper)...........................3.4 (2)
Hebron 4NE (Porter)...........................3.4 (2)
Mount Ayr 2NNE (Newton).......................3.1 (2)
Valparaiso 6SSW (Porter)......................3.0 (2)
De Motte 4SW (Jasper).........................3.0 (2)
Remington (Jasper)............................3.0 (2)
Valparaiso 4SW (Porter).......................2.4 (2)
Dyer 1WNW (Lake)..............................2.3 (2)
Porter 1S (Porter)............................2.0 (2)
De Motte 6S (Jasper)..........................2.0 (2)
Gary 5ENE (Lake)..............................1.9 (2)
Morocco (Newton)..............................1.5 (2)
Hebron 1NE (Porter)...........................1.5 (1)
Crown Point 1N (Lake).........................1.4 (2)
Crown Point (Lake)............................1.4 (2)
Valparaiso 2NW (Porter).......................0.7 (1)
Chesterton 4E (Porter)........................0.2 (1)
Valparaiso 1NNW (Porter)......................0.0 (1)
Valparaiso 2WSW (Porter)......................0.0 (1)
Schererville 1E (Lake)........................0.0 (1)
St. John (Lake)...............................0.0 (1)
De Motte 1SSW (Jasper)........................0.0 (1)
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Storm Reports
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
206 AM CST TUE NOV 12 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0620 PM SNOW VALPARAISO 41.47N 87.06W
11/11/2019 M4.5 INCH PORTER IN TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL REPORT RELAYED VIA
TWITTER.
0610 PM SNOW 1 SSW MEDINAH 41.96N 88.06W
11/11/2019 M3.9 INCH DUPAGE IL COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL.
0600 PM SNOW CHESTERTON 41.61N 87.06W
11/11/2019 E3.0 INCH PORTER IN TRAINED SPOTTER
0600 PM SNOW 3 SW MIDWAY AIRPORT 41.74N 87.78W
11/11/2019 M2.9 INCH COOK IL CO-OP OBSERVER
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 0.2 INCHES SINCE NOON.
0520 PM LAKESHORE FLOOD WHITING 41.68N 87.49W
11/11/2019 LAKE IN PUBLIC
VIDEOS POSTED TO FACEBOOK SHOW FLOWING WATER
IN WHITING LAKEFRONT PARK.
0430 PM SNOW OTTERBEIN 40.49N 87.10W
11/11/2019 M2.5 INCH BENTON IN BROADCAST MEDIA
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL REPORT FROM LOCAL MEDIA
SPOTTER RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA.
0300 PM SNOW PEOTONE 41.34N 87.79W
11/11/2019 M1.5 INCH WILL IL CO-OP OBSERVER
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AT PEOTONE COOP (ALSO
COCORAHS (IL-WL-46). 0.14 INCH LIQUID
EQUIVALENT.
0300 PM SNOW ELK GROVE VILLAGE 2WSW 41.99N 88.03W
11/11/2019 M3.8 INCH COOK IL COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL.
0300 PM SNOW MARENGO 42.25N 88.61W
11/11/2019 M4.3 INCH MCHENRY IL COCORAHS
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM MARENGO.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL REPORT RELAYED VIA
TWITTER.
0250 PM SNOW REMINGTON 40.76N 87.15W
11/11/2019 M1.9 INCH JASPER IN BROADCAST MEDIA
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL REPORT FROM LOCAL MEDIA
SPOTTER RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA.
0248 PM SNOW 1 NW SOUTH ELGIN 42.00N 88.31W
11/11/2019 M3.0 INCH KANE IL PUBLIC
0229 PM SNOW 1 NE ROLLING MEADOWS 42.09N 88.01W
11/11/2019 M3.6 INCH COOK IL PUBLIC
0200 PM SNOW 1 SW NORTHERLY ISLAND 41.85N 87.62W
11/11/2019 E0.6 INCH COOK IL NWS EMPLOYEE
0200 PM SNOW 1.8 E LINCOLNWOOD 42.01N 87.70W
11/11/2019 M4.5 INCH COOK IL COCORAHS
0158 PM SNOW PORTAGE 41.58N 87.18W
11/11/2019 M4.0 INCH PORTER IN TRAINED SPOTTER
0100 PM LAKESHORE FLOOD 2 SE HYDE PARK 41.77N 87.57W
11/11/2019 COOK IL BROADCAST MEDIA
SOUTH SHORE DRIVE AT E 67TH STREET FLOODED.
MULTIPLE MEDIA REPORTS VIA TWITTER. TIME
ESTIMATED.
1251 PM SNOW DOWNERS GROVE 41.80N 88.01W
11/11/2019 M2.5 INCH DUPAGE IL NWS EMPLOYEE
STORM TOTAL SO FAR.
1223 PM SNOW NWS CHICAGO-ROMEOVILLE 41.60N 88.08W
11/11/2019 M1.4 INCH WILL IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS
STORM TOTAL SO FAR.
1216 PM SNOW OHARE AIRPORT 41.98N 87.90W
11/11/2019 M3.4 INCH COOK IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS
STORM TOTAL SO FAR.
1216 PM SNOW ROCKFORD AIRPORT 42.20N 89.10W
11/11/2019 M3.6 INCH WINNEBAGO IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS
STORM TOTAL SO FAR.
1144 AM SNOW 2 N JOLIET 41.56N 88.08W
11/11/2019 M1.0 INCH WILL IL CO-OP OBSERVER
1035 AM SNOW HERSCHER 41.05N 88.10W
11/11/2019 E1.0 INCH KANKAKEE IL COCORAHS
1030 AM SNOW OAK PARK 41.89N 87.79W
11/11/2019 M2.4 INCH COOK IL COCORAHS
1030 AM SNOW CARBON HILL 41.30N 88.30W
11/11/2019 M1.2 INCH GRUNDY IL COCORAHS
1021 AM SNOW ISLAND LAKE 42.27N 88.20W
11/11/2019 M3.5 INCH LAKE IL PUBLIC
1010 AM SNOW 3 NE GLENCOE 42.16N 87.71W
11/11/2019 M3.5 INCH LMZ740 IL PUBLIC
0800 AM SNOW SUBLETTE 41.64N 89.23W
11/11/2019 M2.7 INCH LEE IL COCORAHS
STILL SNOWING.
0628 AM SNOW ROCKFORD 42.27N 89.09W
11/11/2019 M4.6 INCH WINNEBAGO IL BROADCAST MEDIA
MEASURED AT WREX.
0625 AM SNOW 4 ENE WINNEBAGO 42.29N 89.17W
11/11/2019 M4.2 INCH WINNEBAGO IL BROADCAST MEDIA
STORM TOTAL 4.2 INCHES THROUGH 625 AM AT
WTVO.
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Record Cold Temperatures
Record-breaking cold temperatures were observed behind an arctic cold front that swept through the region on Monday, November 12th.
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 502 PM CST TUE NOV 12 2019 ...RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT CHICAGO-OHARE IL... ...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT CHICAGO-OHARE IL... A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 17 DEGREES WAS SET AT CHICAGO- OHARE IL TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 28 DEGREES SET IN 1995. IN ADDITION...A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 7 DEGREES (AS OF 4 PM) WAS SET AT CHICAGO-OHARE IL TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 8 SET IN 1986. $$
RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 508 PM CST TUE NOV 12 2019 ...RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT ROCKFORD IL... ...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT ROCKFORD IL... A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 16 DEGREES WAS SET AT ROCKFORD IL TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 27 DEGREES SET IN 1940. IN ADDITION...A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 3 DEGREES (AS OF 4 PM) WAS SET AT ROCKFORD IL TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 7 SET IN 1986. $$
Lake Shore Flooding & Photos
Lakeshore Flooding Videos
From Whiting Lakefront Park on 11/11, Courtesy of Jerry Robert Smith
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