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| A widespread snow event occurred on Friday night, Jan 18, through midday on Saturday, Jan 19. Most places received over three inches of snow and along and north of I-88 most places saw 6+" of snow. Winds increased early Saturday resulting in areas of blowing snow and reduced visibility throughout Saturday. After this event was complete, colder air moved into the area generating lake effect snow that mainly impacted northwest Indiana. |
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| Regional snowfall map. | Note this map does include some lake effect snow on the night of the 19th in far northeast Illinois. |
Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Chicago/Romeoville IL
1026 AM CST Sun Jan 20 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 Sunday (01/20/19)
as of 10:26 AM CST
ILLINOIS 2-Day Snowfall
Location (County): Amt(inches) Reports
Lincolnwood 2E (Cook)........................10.3 (2)
Algonquin 1N (McHenry)........................9.0 (2)
Highwood 1S (Lake)............................9.0 (2)
Mundelein (Lake)..............................8.5 (2)
Riverwoods (Lake).............................8.5 (2)
Harwood Heights (Cook)........................8.5 (2)
Barrington (Lake).............................8.5 (1)
Oak Park 2S (Cook)............................8.2 (2)
Palatine 1NNE (Cook)..........................8.0 (2)
Buffalo Grove 2N (Lake).......................7.9 (1)
Genoa (De Kalb)...............................7.9 (2)
Lake Zurich (Lake)............................7.7 (2)
Lily Lake 2E (Kane)...........................7.5 (2)
Wheaton 2NNE (Du Page)........................7.5 (2)
Waukegan 2N (Lake)............................7.3 (2)
Oak Park 1NNE (Cook)..........................7.3 (2)
Lincolnwood 3E (Cook).........................7.2 (1)
Schaumburg 2E (Cook)..........................7.2 (2)
Rockford 3NE (Winnebago)......................7.0 (1)
Gurnee 2NE (Lake).............................7.0 (1)
Elburn (Kane).................................7.0 (1)
Hoffman Estates 2SE (Cook)....................7.0 (1)
Winnetka 1ESE (Cook)..........................7.0 (1)
Botanic Gardens (Cook)........................7.0 (2)
Elgin 2W (Kane)...............................6.9 (2)
Midway Coop (Cook)............................6.8 (2)
Rockford 1NW (Winnebago)......................6.7 (1)
Burr Ridge 2SW (Du Page)......................6.7 (2)
Park Ridge (Cook).............................6.7 (2)
Palatine 1E (Cook)............................6.7 (2)
Rockford 6S (Winnebago).......................6.5 (1)
Rockford 2ENE (Winnebago).....................6.5 (2)
Lockport 1SE (Will)...........................6.5 (2)
Cary (McHenry)................................6.5 (1)
Mundelein 2WNW (Lake).........................6.5 (1)
Gurnee 2W (Lake)..............................6.5 (1)
Downers Grove 0.4NNE (Du Page)................6.5 (2)
Arlington Heights 3SSW (Cook).................6.5 (1)
Elgin (Kane)..................................6.5 (2)
Bull Valley 2WNW (McHenry)....................6.4 (2)
Rockford (Winnebago)..........................6.3 (2)
Park Ridge 1WNW (Cook)........................6.1 (1)
De Kalb (De Kalb).............................6.1 (2)
Crystal Lake 1WSW (McHenry)...................6.1 (2)
Lake Villa 2WSW (Lake)........................6.0 (1)
Ashton (Lee)..................................6.0 (1)
St. Charles (Kane)............................6.0 (1)
Roselle 1ESE (Du Page)........................6.0 (1)
Somonauk 2NE (De Kalb)........................6.0 (2)
Elgin 1S (Kane)...............................5.9 (2)
Elgin (Kane)..................................5.9 (2)
Elk Grove Village 1ESE (Cook).................5.8 (2)
Oak Lawn (Cook)...............................5.8 (2)
Batavia (Kane)................................5.6 (2)
North Aurora 2NE (Kane).......................5.5 (2)
Elk Grove Village 2WSW (Cook).................5.5 (2)
Batavia 2WNW (Kane)...........................5.2 (2)
Homewood (Cook)...............................5.1 (2)
O`hare Airport (Cook).........................5.0 (2)
Peru 1ENE (La Salle)..........................5.0 (2)
Sterling 4NE (Lee)............................5.0 (2)
Aurora (Kane).................................5.0 (2)
Geneva 4WSW (Kane)............................4.9 (2)
Batavia 1WSW (Kane)...........................4.9 (2)
Willow Springs (Cook).........................4.8 (2)
New Lenox 2SE (Will)..........................4.8 (2)
Plainfield 2SSE (Will)........................4.8 (2)
St. Charles 6NW (Kane)........................4.8 (2)
Plainfield 5SW (Kendall)......................4.7 (2)
Woodstock 5nw (McHenry).......................4.5 (2)
Geneva 1SSW (Kane)............................4.5 (2)
Naperville 1NW (Du Page)......................4.5 (2)
Elmhurst 2SE (Du Page)........................4.5 (2)
La Grange Park 1SSW (Cook)....................4.5 (2)
Palos Park 1SW (Cook).........................4.5 (2)
Capron (Boone)................................4.5 (2)
Manhattan (Will)..............................4.4 (2)
Worth (Cook)..................................4.4 (2)
Joliet 2n (Will)..............................4.3 (2)
Carbon Hill 3.1N (Grundy).....................4.3 (2)
Chicago Ridge (Cook)..........................4.3 (2)
Coal City 4NNW (Grundy).......................4.3 (2)
Romeoville (Will).............................4.1 (2)
Lansing (Cook)................................4.1 (2)
Peotone (Will)................................4.0 (2)
La Salle (La Salle)...........................4.0 (2)
Aurora 4SE (Du Page)..........................4.0 (2)
Plainfield (Will).............................3.9 (2)
Crete 3E (Will)...............................3.9 (2)
Ottawa 2N (La Salle)..........................3.9 (2)
Paw Paw (Lee).................................3.5 (2)
Watseka 6.9WNW (Iroquois).....................3.5 (2)
Mendota (La Salle)............................3.4 (2)
Steward (Lee).................................3.2 (2)
Ottawa (La Salle).............................3.0 (2)
Ottawa 1NW (La Salle).........................3.0 (2)
Manhattan 1ESE (Will).........................2.8 (2)
St Anne (Kankakee)............................2.8 (2)
Bourbonnais (Kankakee)........................2.6 (2)
Ashkum 5.6E (Iroquois)........................1.8 (2)
Herscher 3E (Kankakee)........................1.5 (2)
Paxton (Ford).................................1.5 (2)
INDIANA 2-Day Snowfall
Location (County): Amt(inches) Reports
Crown Point (Lake)............................5.8 (2)
Crown Point 2WSW (Lake).......................5.0 (2)
Munster 2NNW (Lake)...........................4.7 (2)
Valparaiso 6SSW (Porter)......................4.3 (2)
De Motte 1NNW (Jasper)........................4.2 (2)
De Motte 4SW (Jasper).........................4.1 (2)
De Motte 6S (Jasper)..........................3.5 (2)
Rensselaer 2SSW (Jasper)......................3.5 (2)
Rensselaer (Jasper)...........................3.0 (2)
Chesterton 4E (Porter)........................3.0 (1)
Lakes Of The Four Seasons 2NNE (Porter).......3.0 (1)
Valparaiso 2WSW (Porter)......................3.0 (1)
Lowell (Lake).................................2.9 (1)
Hebron 4NE (Porter)...........................2.9 (2)
Valparaiso 1NNW (Porter)......................2.5 (2)
Gary 5ENE (Lake)..............................2.2 (2)
Lake Village (Newton).........................2.0 (1)
Hebron 1NE (Porter)...........................2.0 (1)
Valparaiso 4SW (Porter).......................2.0 (2)
De Motte 1SSW (Jasper)........................2.0 (1)
Valparaiso 2NW (Porter).......................1.5 (1)
Kentland (Newton).............................1.5 (1)
Remington (Jasper)............................1.5 (1)
Morocco (Newton)..............................1.0 (1)
Public Snowfall Reports
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1024 AM CST SUN JAN 20 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0959 AM HEAVY SNOW 2 E LINCOLNWOOD 42.01N 87.70W
01/20/2019 M10.3 INCH COOK IL COCORAHS
CORRECTS PREVIOUS HEAVY SNOW REPORT FROM 2 E
LINCOLNWOOD. STORM TOTAL.
1000 AM SNOW WAUKEGAN 42.36N 87.84W
01/20/2019 M9.1 INCH LAKE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM WAUKEGAN.
STORM TOTAL.
1000 AM SNOW 1 N ALGONQUIN 42.18N 88.29W
01/20/2019 M9.0 INCH MCHENRY IL COCORAHS
STORM TOTAL.
1000 AM HEAVY SNOW 1 S HIGHWOOD 42.19N 87.81W
01/20/2019 M9.0 INCH LAKE IL COCORAHS
CORRECTS PREVIOUS HEAVY SNOW REPORT FROM 1 S
HIGHWOOD. STORM TOTAL.
1138 AM HEAVY SNOW PALATINE 42.11N 88.04W
01/19/2019 M8.5 INCH COOK IL TRAINED SPOTTER
CORRECTS PREVIOUS HEAVY SNOW REPORT FROM
PALATINE.
1130 AM SNOW 2 W EVANSTON 42.04N 87.73W
01/19/2019 M6.5 INCH COOK IL PUBLIC
1118 AM SNOW 1 NW OAK FOREST 41.61N 87.76W
01/19/2019 E6.5 INCH COOK IL PUBLIC
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM 1 NW OAK
FOREST.
1000 AM SNOW 1 SE LOCKPORT 41.58N 88.04W
01/20/2019 M6.5 INCH WILL IL COCORAHS
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM 1 SE
LOCKPORT. STORM TOTAL.
1000 AM SNOW ROCKFORD AIRPORT 42.20N 89.10W
01/20/2019 M6.3 INCH WINNEBAGO IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM ROCKFORD
AIRPORT. STORM TOTAL.
0220 PM SNOW DOWNERS GROVE 41.79N 88.01W
01/19/2019 M6.0 INCH DUPAGE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM DOWNERS
GROVE.
1206 PM SNOW 1 S MOUNT PROSPECT 42.05N 87.94W
01/19/2019 E5.5 INCH COOK IL PUBLIC
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM 1 S MOUNT
PROSPECT.
1000 AM SNOW 3 SW MIDWAY AIRPORT 41.75N 87.79W
01/20/2019 M5.3 INCH COOK IL CO-OP OBSERVER
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM 3 SW
MIDWAY AIRPORT. STORM TOTAL.
1000 AM SNOW OHARE AIRPORT 41.98N 87.90W
01/20/2019 M5.0 INCH COOK IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM OHARE
AIRPORT. CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM
OHARE AIRPORT. STORM TOTAL.
1156 AM SNOW MOKENA 41.53N 87.88W
01/19/2019 E4.8 INCH WILL IL PUBLIC
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM MOKENA.
1238 PM SNOW 1 SE SOUTH HAVEN 41.54N 87.13W
01/19/2019 M4.7 INCH PORTER IN PUBLIC
1000 AM SNOW 1 ESE CHICAGO 41.88N 87.62W
01/20/2019 M4.7 INCH COOK IL NWS EMPLOYEE
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM 1 ESE
CHICAGO. STORM TOTAL.
1100 AM SNOW 2 N JOLIET 41.56N 88.08W
01/19/2019 M4.3 INCH WILL IL TRAINED SPOTTER
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM 2 N
JOLIET.
1200 PM SNOW ROMEOVILLE 41.65N 88.09W
01/19/2019 M4.1 INCH WILL IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS
STORM TOTAL SO FAR.
1130 AM SNOW MOKENA 41.53N 87.88W
01/19/2019 M4.1 INCH WILL IL TRAINED SPOTTER
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM MOKENA.
0237 PM SNOW PEOTONE 41.33N 87.79W
01/19/2019 M4.0 INCH WILL IL CO-OP OBSERVER
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM PEOTONE.
LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.27 STORM TOTAL.
1225 PM SNOW LANSING 41.57N 87.54W
01/19/2019 M3.5 INCH COOK IL CO-OP OBSERVER
1027 AM SNOW WHITING 41.68N 87.49W
01/19/2019 M3.5 INCH LAKE IN PUBLIC
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM WHITING.
1111 AM SNOW MOKENA 41.53N 87.88W
01/19/2019 M2.5 INCH WILL IL PUBLIC
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM MOKENA.
1038 AM SNOW VALPARAISO 41.47N 87.06W
01/19/2019 M2.3 INCH PORTER IN PUBLIC
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM
VALPARAISO.
0530 AM SNOW 3 SW MIDWAY AIRPORT 41.74N 87.78W
01/20/2019 M1.5 INCH COOK IL CO-OP OBSERVER
CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM 3 SW
MIDWAY AIRPORT. SNOWFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT.
0.05 INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT. TOTAL
SNOWFALL SINCE THE EVENING OF 1/18 IS 6.8
INCHES.
Jan 20-21 Lake Effect Snow
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Public Information Statement National Weather Service Chicago IL 0945 AM CST Mon Jan 21 2019 ...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 Monday(01/21/19)... Northern Illinois Snow Location (County): fall(inches) Lansing (Cook)................................1.3 Botanic Gardens (Cook)........................0.5 Park Forest 1SW (Cook)........................0.4 Riverwoods (Lake).............................0.4 Mundelein (Lake)..............................0.4 Palos Park 4WNW (Cook)........................0.3 Park Ridge (Cook).............................0.3 Homewood (Cook)...............................0.3 Burr Ridge 2SW (Du Page)......................0.3 Crete 3E (Will)...............................0.3 Bridgeview 1NNW (Cook)........................0.2 Chicago Ridge (Cook)..........................0.2 Harwood Heights (Cook)........................0.2 Palos Park 1SW (Cook).........................0.2 Elk Grove Village 1ESE (Cook).................0.2 Oak Park 1NNE (Cook)..........................0.2 Elk Grove Village 2WSW (Cook).................0.2 Lincolnwood 2E (Cook).........................0.2 La Grange Park 1SSW (Cook)....................0.2 Midway Coop (Cook)............................0.2 Downers Grove 0.4NNE (Du Page)................0.1 Manhattan 5ENE (Will).........................0.1 Manhattan (Will)..............................0.1 Ohare Airport (Cook)..........................0.1 Rockford (Winnebago)..........................0.1 Elgin (Kane)................................TRACE Hoffman Estates 5W (Cook)...................TRACE Palatine 1E (Cook)..........................TRACE Oak Park 2S (Cook)..........................TRACE Downers Grove 0.4NNE (Du Page)..............TRACE Aurora 4SE (Du Page)........................TRACE Plainfield 5SW (Kendall)....................TRACE Elgin 1S (Kane).............................TRACE Elgin 2W (Kane).............................TRACE Buffalo Grove 2N (Lake).....................TRACE Waukegan 2N (Lake)..........................TRACE Manhattan 1ESE (Will).......................TRACE Peotone (Will)..............................TRACE New Lenox 2SE (Will)........................TRACE Naperville 4SSW (Will)......................TRACE New Lenox 3E (Will).........................TRACE Rockford 3NE (Winnebago)....................TRACE Mundelein (Lake)............................TRACE Peotone (Will)..............................TRACE Park Forest (Cook)..........................TRACE Northwest Indiana Snow Location (County): fall(inches) East Chicago 2SW (Lake).......................6.5 Gary Airport (Lake)...........................6.0 Hammond 2NW (Lake)............................5.0 Gary 5ENE (Lake)..............................3.0 Crown Point 1N (Lake).........................2.6 Hebron 4NE (Porter)...........................2.6 Crown Point (Lake)............................2.5 De Motte 1NNW (Jasper)........................2.0 Valparaiso 2WSW (Porter)......................1.0 Crown Point 2WSW (Lake).......................0.8 Valparaiso 6SSW (Porter)......................0.5 Valparaiso 4SW (Porter).......................0.5 Morocco (Newton)..............................0.5 De Motte 4SW (Jasper).........................0.3 St. John (Lake)...............................0.3 Kentland (Newton)...........................TRACE $$
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