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Public Information Statement National Weather Service Chicago IL 1049 AM CST Tue Dec 12 2017 ...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 Tuesday(12/12/17)... Northern Illinois Snow Location (County): fall(inches) Gurnee 2W (Lake)..............................3.2 Lake Villa 2WSW (Lake)........................3.0 Wonder Lake 1WNW (McHenry)....................2.8 Lake Villa 1SSW (Lake)........................2.5 Bull Valley 2WNW (McHenry)....................2.4 Dixon 3NNW (Lee)..............................2.3 Waukegan 2N (Lake)............................2.3 Woodstock 5nw (McHenry).......................2.3 Elburn (Kane).................................2.0 Sterling 4NE (Lee)............................2.0 Mundelein 2WNW (Lake).........................2.0 Woodstock 4SW (McHenry).......................1.8 McHenry (McHenry).............................1.8 Mundelein (Lake)..............................1.8 Hoffman Estates 5W (Cook).....................1.6 Elburn (Kane).................................1.5 Elgin 2W (Kane)...............................1.5 Dixon 2SW (Lee)...............................1.5 Buffalo Grove 2N (Lake).......................1.5 Mundelein (Lake)..............................1.5 Rockford 2ENE (Winnebago).....................1.5 Elmhurst 1ESE (Du Page).......................1.4 Ohare (Cook)..................................1.4 Palatine 1NNE (Cook)..........................1.3 Elk Grove Village 1ESE (Cook).................1.3 Park Ridge (Cook).............................1.2 De Kalb 1SW (De Kalb).........................1.2 Highwood 1S (Lake)............................1.2 Yorkville 2SE (Kendall).......................1.2 Batavia (Kane)................................1.1 Genoa (De Kalb)...............................1.1 Capron (Boone)................................1.1 Lincolnwood 3E (Cook).........................1.1 Byron 3N (Ogle)...............................1.1 Rockford (Winnebago)..........................1.1 Barrington (Lake).............................1.0 Botanic Gardens (Cook)........................1.0 Elgin (Kane)..................................1.0 Harvard (McHenry).............................1.0 Mount Prospect 3NE (Cook).....................1.0 Oak Park 1SW (Cook)...........................1.0 Elk Grove Village 2WSW (Cook).................1.0 Lincolnwood 2E (Cook).........................1.0 Wheaton 2NNE (Du Page)........................1.0 North Aurora 2NE (Kane).......................1.0 Lily Lake 2E (Kane)...........................1.0 Batavia 1WNW (Kane)...........................1.0 Geneva 1SSW (Kane)............................1.0 Ashton (Lee)..................................1.0 Cary (McHenry)................................1.0 Crystal Lake 1WSW (McHenry)...................1.0 Lake Zurich (Lake)............................1.0 Rochelle (Ogle)...............................1.0 De Kalb (De Kalb).............................0.9 Park Ridge 1WNW (Cook)........................0.9 Harwood Heights (Cook)........................0.9 Cortland (De Kalb)............................0.9 De Kalb (De Kalb).............................0.9 Downers Grove 0.4NNE (Du Page)................0.9 St. Charles 6NW (Kane)........................0.9 Elgin (Kane)..................................0.8 Carol Stream (Du Page)........................0.8 Elgin 1S (Kane)...............................0.8 Geneva 4WSW (Kane)............................0.8 Batavia 2WNW (Kane)...........................0.8 Aurora 4NE (Du Page)..........................0.7 Belvidere (Boone).............................0.6 Oak Park 2S (Cook)............................0.6 Oak Park 1NNE (Cook)..........................0.6 Lisle 1SE (Du Page)...........................0.6 Naperville 1NW (Du Page)......................0.6 Roscoe 2ESE (Winnebago).......................0.6 Midway Coop (Cook)............................0.6 Roscoe 2se (Winnebago)........................0.6 Steward (Lee).................................0.6 Aurora (Kane).................................0.5 Brookfield (Cook).............................0.5 Somonauk 2NE (De Kalb)........................0.5 Aurora 4SE (Du Page)..........................0.5 Glen Ellyn 2SSE (Du Page).....................0.5 Burr Ridge 2SW (Du Page)......................0.5 Sugar Grove 1NE (Kane)........................0.5 Algonquin 1N (McHenry)........................0.5 Paw Paw (Lee).................................0.5 Plainfield (Will).............................0.5 Lisle Morton Arb (Du Page)....................0.5 La Grange Park 1SSW (Cook)....................0.4 Lake in the Hills 2.5W (McHenry)..............0.4 Romeoville (Will).............................0.4 Naperville 2ESE (Du Page).....................0.4 Earlville 3S (La Salle).......................0.3 Chicago Ridge (Cook)..........................0.3 Worth (Cook)..................................0.3 Countryside 1ENE (Cook).......................0.3 Homer Glen 1ENE (Will)........................0.3 Manhattan 5ENE (Will).........................0.3 Lockport 1SE (Will)...........................0.3 Joliet 2n (Will)..............................0.3 Manhattan (Will)..............................0.3 Mendota (La Salle)............................0.3 Hebron (McHenry)..............................0.2 Aurora 4SE (Du Page)..........................0.2 Manhattan 1ESE (Will).........................0.2 Peotone (Will)................................0.2 New Lenox 2SE (Will)..........................0.2 Peotone (Will)................................0.2 Bridgeview 1NNW (Cook)........................0.1 Park Forest 1SW (Cook)........................0.1 Oak Lawn 2WNW (Cook)..........................0.1 Homewood (Cook)...............................0.1 New Lenox 3E (Will)...........................0.1 Oak Lawn 2NW (Cook)...........................0.1 Bourbonnais (Kankakee)......................TRACE Coal City 4NNW (Grundy).....................TRACE Chicago 6ESE (Cook).........................TRACE Carbon Hill 3.1N (Grundy)...................TRACE Morris 6ESE (Grundy)........................TRACE Herscher 3E (Kankakee)......................TRACE Ottawa 1NW (La Salle).......................TRACE Ottawa 2N (La Salle)........................TRACE Streator 4ENE (La Salle)....................TRACE La Salle (La Salle).........................TRACE Peru 1ENE (La Salle)........................TRACE Crete 3E (Will).............................TRACE Wilmington 3SE (Will).......................TRACE Joliet Lock/dam (Will)......................TRACE Lansing (Cook)..............................TRACE Monee (Will)................................TRACE Morris (Grundy).............................TRACE Ottawa (La Salle)...........................TRACE Park Forest (Cook)..........................TRACE Willow Springs (Cook).......................TRACE Northwest Indiana Snow Location (County): fall(inches) Crown Point (Lake)..........................TRACE Indiana Dunes (Porter)......................TRACE De Motte 6S (Jasper)........................TRACE De Motte 1NNW (Jasper)......................TRACE De Motte 4SW (Jasper).......................TRACE Crown Point 1N (Lake).......................TRACE Gary 5ENE (Lake)............................TRACE Valparaiso 6SSW (Porter)....................TRACE Valparaiso 4SW (Porter).....................TRACE (kb9f)Valparaiso 4S (Porter)................TRACE Hebron 1NE (Porter).........................TRACE Hebron 4NE (Porter).........................TRACE Portage 1ESE (Porter).......................TRACE Valparaiso 6WSW (Porter)....................TRACE Chesterton 4E (Porter)......................TRACE
Storm Reports
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 922 PM CST MON DEC 11 2017 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0330 PM SNOW N CAPRON 42.40N 88.74W 12/11/2017 M1.0 INCH BOONE IL COCORAHS SNOWFALL IN 90 MINUTES AS OF REPORT TIME. 0400 PM SNOW GRAYSLAKE 42.35N 88.04W 12/11/2017 M1.4 INCH LAKE IL TRAINED SPOTTER SNOWFALL IN ONE HOUR. STILL SNOWING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT REPORT TIME. 0400 PM SNOW 1 NNW LINDENHURST 42.43N 88.04W 12/11/2017 E2.0 INCH LAKE IL COCORAHS SNOWFALL IN TWO HOURS. LIGHT SNOW AT REPORT TIME. 0410 PM SNOW 2 SW FOX LAKE 42.40N 88.21W 12/11/2017 M2.8 INCH MCHENRY IL PUBLIC 0417 PM SNOW GURNEE 42.38N 87.94W 12/11/2017 M2.4 INCH LAKE IL PUBLIC 0430 PM SNOW LAKE FOREST 42.24N 87.86W 12/11/2017 M1.3 INCH LAKE IL PUBLIC 0430 PM SNOW LIBERTYVILLE 42.28N 87.97W 12/11/2017 E2.0 INCH LAKE IL PUBLIC SNOW SO FAR RELAYED VIA TWITTER. 0430 PM SNOW WOODSTOCK 42.31N 88.44W 12/11/2017 E2.5 INCH MCHENRY IL PUBLIC 0435 PM SNOW 1 NNW MARENGO 42.26N 88.61W 12/11/2017 M2.1 INCH MCHENRY IL COCORAHS SNOWFALL IN PAST 90 MINUTES. 0455 PM SNOW MCHENRY 42.34N 88.29W 12/11/2017 M2.5 INCH MCHENRY IL CO-OP OBSERVER SNOW MEASURED BY WOODSTOCK SUPPLEMENTAL COOP OBSERVER. REPORTED THAT ROUTE 31 SOUTH OF MCHENRY IS A SHEET OF ICE. 0500 PM SNOW 3 N UNION 42.28N 88.54W 12/11/2017 M1.8 INCH MCHENRY IL PUBLIC SENECA TOWNSHIP. 0500 PM SNOW WINNEBAGO 42.27N 89.24W 12/11/2017 E1.5 INCH WINNEBAGO IL PUBLIC 0500 PM SNOW ROUND LAKE BEACH 42.38N 88.08W 12/11/2017 E3.0 INCH LAKE IL PUBLIC 0505 PM SNOW SYCAMORE 41.98N 88.70W 12/11/2017 E2.0 INCH DE KALB IL PUBLIC 0515 PM SNOW W SLEEPY HOLLOW 42.09N 88.31W 12/11/2017 M0.7 INCH KANE IL COCORAHS 0515 PM SNOW 1 W SLEEPY HOLLOW 42.09N 88.33W 12/11/2017 M1.4 INCH KANE IL COCORAHS SNOWFALL IN PAST TWO HOURS UP TO REPORT TIME. LIGHT SNOW WINDING DOWN AT REPORT TIME. 0530 PM SNOW DIXON 41.85N 89.48W 12/11/2017 M1.0 INCH LEE IL BROADCAST MEDIA 0530 PM SNOW 2 WNW BULL VALLEY 42.32N 88.39W 12/11/2017 M2.4 INCH MCHENRY IL COCORAHS 0534 PM SNOW 2 E SCHAUMBURG 42.03N 88.04W 12/11/2017 M0.6 INCH COOK IL COCORAHS SNOWFALL IN 40 MINUTES AS OF REPORT TIME. 0545 PM SNOW MOUNT PROSPECT 42.07N 87.94W 12/11/2017 M0.8 INCH COOK IL PUBLIC 0548 PM SNOW PALATINE 42.11N 88.04W 12/11/2017 M1.1 INCH COOK IL NWS EMPLOYEE MEASURED BY OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE. 0550 PM SNOW OHARE AIRPORT 41.98N 87.90W 12/11/2017 M1.0 INCH COOK IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS 0600 PM SNOW ROCKFORD AIRPORT 42.20N 89.10W 12/11/2017 M1.1 INCH WINNEBAGO IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS SNOWFALL TOTAL. 0600 PM SNOW ST. CHARLES 41.92N 88.30W 12/11/2017 M1.0 INCH KANE IL COCORAHS 0610 PM SNOW WOODSTOCK 42.31N 88.44W 12/11/2017 M1.6 INCH MCHENRY IL CO-OP OBSERVER SNOW TOTAL MEASURED BY SUPPLEMENTAL COOP OBSERVER. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.17 INCHES. 0615 PM SNOW DE KALB 41.93N 88.75W 12/11/2017 M1.5 INCH DE KALB IL TRAINED SPOTTER 0618 PM SNOW WESTCHESTER 41.85N 87.89W 12/11/2017 E1.5 INCH COOK IL PUBLIC 0630 PM SNOW ESE ELK GROVE VILLAGE 42.01N 87.99W 12/11/2017 M1.3 INCH COOK IL COCORAHS 0630 PM SNOW OHARE AIRPORT 41.98N 87.90W 12/11/2017 M1.4 INCH COOK IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS EVENT TOTAL. 0630 PM SNOW 2 WSW ELK GROVE VILLAGE 41.99N 88.03W 12/11/2017 M1.0 INCH COOK IL COCORAHS 0638 PM SNOW BATAVIA 41.85N 88.30W 12/11/2017 M1.2 INCH KANE IL TRAINED SPOTTER SNOW TOTAL. 0638 PM SNOW BATAVIA 41.85N 88.30W 12/11/2017 M1.2 INCH KANE IL TRAINED SPOTTER SNOW TOTAL. 0650 PM SNOW 3 SW MIDWAY AIRPORT 41.75N 87.79W 12/11/2017 M0.6 INCH COOK IL CO-OP OBSERVER LIQUID EQUIV 0.05
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