STORM SUMMARY 2-29& 3-1-2016
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STORM SUMMARY 2-29& 3-1-2016
Winter storm warning Rockford eastward to Lake County went into effect at 9pm
Along with a winter weather advisory for DeKalb County eastward to Cook County The same time frame. The winter storm warning was later changed to a winter Weather advisory at 4am on 3-1. Light rain began Rockford evening and later Changed to light snow 9-10pm. Warm pavement temps prevented any accum at Rockford through midnight. Eventually Rockford did end up with .5 of snow. Heavier snow totals occurred north of Rockford closer to the IL/WI border eastward to Lake County. Light rain and drizzle occurred between 7pm and nearly midnight south of I90. There was then a gap in the activity before freezing rain, freezing drizzle returned 3-5am and changed to snow by late am. This activity diminished to flurries after 2pm. While snow amounts were light south of I90 there were some impressive snow totals mainly northeast Lake County. Most areas only needed salting while plowing was need in the higher snow total areas.
ORD officially had 1 inch of snow while Rockford had .5 and Romeoville had .3
SNOW TOTAL:
ORD 1” RFD .5 Gurrnee 6.0 Lake Villa 5.0 Highwood 4.0 Waukegan 3.6 Beach Park 3.5 Buffalo Grove 3.3 Mundelein 2.9 Hebron 2.8 Riverwoods 2.6 Lincolnshire 2.6 Wonder Lake 2.4 McHenry 2.1 Capron 2.1 Machesney Park 2.0
Lake Forest 2.0 Lake Zurich 1.9 Woodstock 1.8 Lincolnwood 1.7 Park Forest 1.5 Schaumburg 1.3 Oak Park 1.2 Rogers Park 1.2 Harwood Heights 1.2 Park Ridge 1.2 Roscoe 1.1 Elk Grove Vlg 1.1 Hoffman Estates 1.1 Genoa 1.1 Elburn 1.0 Roselle 1.0 Elmhurst 1.0 Winnetka 1.0 Chicago 1.0 Harvard 1.0 Barrington 1.0 Winfield .8 Belvidere .7 Cary .6 MDW .6 Homer Glen .6 Geneva .6 Batavia .6 Naperville .6 Downers Grove .6 La Grange Park .6 Lisle Morton Arb. .5 New Lenox .5 Algonquin .5 Lily Lake .5 North Aurora .5 Oak Lawn .5 DeKalb .5 Botanic Gardens .5 Yorkville .4 Crete .4 Elgin .4 Sugar Grove .4 Bolingbrook .4 Somonauk .4 Cortland .4 Worth .4 Chicago Ridge .4 Westmont .3 Peotone .3 Romeoville .3 Joliet .3 Lockport .3 St. Charles .3 Aurora .3 Monee .3 Momence .2 Manhattan .2 Plainfield .2 Burnham-Hegewisch .2 Bourbonnais .2 Morris .1 Carbon Hill .1 Mt Prospect 1.3 Coal City .1