STORM SUMMARY 3-23-2015

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STORM SUMMARY 3-23-2015
A clipper type system produced a late season snowfall for the area. A winter weather advisory covered the area 3am to noon. Snow spread into the Rockford area 2-3am before spreading into the Chicago area 4-6am. Some of the south burbs Didn’t receive much in the way of snowfall until near 7am. The main band of snow exited the area from west to east 10-11am. Some additional flurries and snow showers followed until mid afternoon. As expected, moderate to occasional heavy snow fell in a 4-5 hour period resulting a wide range of snow totals. The duration was longer from around I88 northward which resulted in higher snow totals than south burbs which had a shorter duration. There was also a convective nature to the activity which also resulted in non uniform amounts across the area. This was a salting and plowing event. There were some areas of light snow and flurries on 3-22 which caused .2 of snow but this mostly melted on surfaces. The official snowfall at ORD on 2-23 was 5.6 which brought the season total to 50.1, Rockford had 5.1 season total 35.3 and Romeoville 3.8 or season total to 35.5”

Snowfall totals:
ORD 5.6 RFD 5.1 Romeoville 3.8 Oak Park 7.0 Elk Grove 6.8 Elmhurst 6.7
Bull Valley 6.3 Gurnee 6.3 Harvard 6.0 Barrington 6.0 Wonder Lake 5.9
Schaumburg 5.8 Roscoe 5.8 Lake Zurich 5.5 Elgin 2 miles west 5.5
Bridgeview 5.5 Antioch 5.5 Buffalo Grove 5.4 Woodstock 5.3 McHenry 5.3
Cary 5.2 Lincolnwood 5.2 Capron 5.2 MDW 5.1 Geneva 5.0 Malta 5.0
Orland Hills 5.0 Winfield 4.9 Lockport 4.9 Lisle 4.8 Mundelein 4.8 Genoa 4.7 New Lenox 4.6 Plainfield 3.8 Chicago Ridge 4.6 Willow Springs 4.5 Batavia 4.4 Gurnee 2 miles northeast 4.5 Glen Ellyn 4.3 Botanic Gardens 4.3 Joliet 4.2 Carol Stream 4.2 Elburn 4.2 Crete 4.1 Elgin 4.1 Spring Grove 4.0 Lansing 4.0 Lincolnshire 4.0 North Aurora 4.0 Burr Ridge 4.0 Palos Park 4.0 Oak Lawn 4.0 Chicago 4.0 Highwood 3.9 Channahon 3.8 DeKalb 3.7 Homer Glen 3.6 Montgomery 3.6 Yorkville 3.5 Bolingbrook 3.4 La Grange Park 3.4 Worth 3.3 Lake Villa 3.3 Morris 3.0 Carbon Hill 3.0Aurora 4 miles southeast 3.0 Coal City 3.0 Plainfield 2.8 Cortland 2.9 Peotone 2.8 Waukegan 2.8 Sugar Grove 2.5 St. Charles 6.0 Aurora 3.0 Plainfield 3 miles southeast 4.6Park Forest 4.7 Schaumburg 5.8 Park Ridge 6.0 Pingree Grove 5.8 Harwood Heights 4.3 Rogers Park 5.8 southwest side of Elmhurst 5.2 Rogers Park 5.8 1 miles northwest of Naperville 4.4 Joliet Lock/Dam 3.0 Countryside 4.5