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A very late season storm system produced heavy wet snow across much of northern Illinois, along with a winter mix of rain, sleet and snow over northwestern Indiana on Sunday April 14. As much as 6 to 8 inches of snow were reported in a narrow corridor from DeKalb County into the far northwest suburbs of Chicago. Lighter amounts of 2 to 5 inches were common elsewhere across northern Illinois. A total of 5.4 inches was reported at Chicago (O'Hare Airport) for the day. This was a daily snowfall record for April 14. Additionally, it ranks as the second latest date in the season with daily snowfall amounts exceeding 5 inches in Chicago. Only April 16th of 1961 was a later date with snowfall amounts also reaching 5.4 inches. In Rockford a total of 2.9 inches was reported for the day. This was not a record daily snowfall for Rockford. However, this ranks as the 5th snowiest event this late in the season in Rockford's history. |
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 912 PM CDT SUN APR 14 2019 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0909 PM SNOW NWS CHICAGO-ROMEOVILLE 41.60N 88.08W 04/14/2019 M2.5 INCH WILL IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS 0100 AM SNOW OHARE AIRPORT 41.98N 87.90W 04/15/2019 M5.4 INCH COOK IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS 0856 PM SNOW BATAVIA 41.85N 88.31W 04/14/2019 M5.2 INCH KANE IL CO-OP OBSERVER 0844 PM SNOW 1 S ELBURN 41.87N 88.47W 04/14/2019 M7.5 INCH KANE IL PUBLIC 0700 PM SNOW ROCKFORD AIRPORT 42.20N 89.10W 04/14/2019 M2.9 INCH WINNEBAGO IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 1.5 INCHES OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS. 0100 AM SNOW 3 SW MIDWAY AIRPORT 41.74N 87.78W 04/15/2019 M4.4 INCH COOK IL CO-OP OBSERVER STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 0.75 INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT. 0532 PM SNOW 2 S MOUNT PROSPECT 42.04N 87.93W 04/14/2019 M5.4 INCH COOK IL PUBLIC 0500 PM SNOW FOX LAKE 42.40N 88.18W 04/14/2019 M5.8 INCH LAKE IL PUBLIC REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. 0500 PM SNOW ROCHELLE 41.92N 89.07W 04/14/2019 E5.5 INCH OGLE IL BROADCAST MEDIA 0500 PM SNOW BELVIDERE 42.26N 88.84W 04/14/2019 E4.0 INCH BOONE IL BROADCAST MEDIA 0500 PM SNOW MONROE CENTER 42.10N 89.00W 04/14/2019 E3.5 INCH OGLE IL BROADCAST MEDIA 0500 PM SNOW BYRON 42.13N 89.26W 04/14/2019 E2.0 INCH OGLE IL BROADCAST MEDIA 0418 PM SNOW PEOTONE 41.33N 87.79W 04/14/2019 M2.6 INCH WILL IL COCORAHS 0400 PM SNOW HARWOOD HEIGHTS 41.97N 87.80W 04/14/2019 M3.8 INCH COOK IL COCORAHS 0350 PM SNOW 3 S DEKALB 41.89N 88.77W 04/14/2019 M7.4 INCH DE KALB IL PUBLIC 0332 PM SNOW LIBERTYVILLE 42.28N 87.95W 04/14/2019 M4.7 INCH LAKE IL TRAINED SPOTTER CORRECTS PREVIOUS HEAVY SNOW REPORT FROM LIBERTYVILLE. 0330 PM SNOW 2 NW ITASCA 41.99N 88.03W 04/14/2019 M5.5 INCH COOK IL COCORAHS 0315 PM SNOW 1 NNW MARENGO 42.27N 88.62W 04/14/2019 M5.5 INCH MCHENRY IL COCORAHS 0755 PM HEAVY SNOW WOODSTOCK 42.31N 88.45W 04/14/2019 M8.5 INCH MCHENRY IL CO-OP OBSERVER 0.62 LIQUID. 0518 PM HEAVY SNOW DEKALB 41.93N 88.75W 04/14/2019 M7.5 INCH DE KALB IL TRAINED SPOTTER 0500 PM HEAVY SNOW SYCAMORE 41.99N 88.69W 04/14/2019 E8.0 INCH DE KALB IL BROADCAST MEDIA 0346 PM HEAVY SNOW HUNTLEY 42.18N 88.43W 04/14/2019 M7.5 INCH MCHENRY IL BROADCAST MEDIA &&
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