Winter Weather — Southern Will County, Illinois

2023-02-16 · Southern Will County, Illinois

Wider weather episode

Snow developed across far northern Illinois during the morning of February 16th and continued into the late evening. The snow was heavy at times with a band of 3 to 5 inches across far northern Illinois and a band of 5 to 8 inches of snow across far northwest Illinois. The highest storm total snowfall amounts included 7.0 inches in Roscoe; 6.8 inches in Rockton; 5.6 inches four miles north northwest of Rockford and 3.6 inches at the Rockford Airport.

A wintry mix developed south of the snow generally between Interstates 88 and 80 where light freezing rain occurred during the day and then a period of snow occurred in the evening. Measured ice accumulations included 0.25 inches at Sugar Grove Airport; 0.10 inches at DuPage Airport; 0.06 inches at Chicago O'Hare Airport; 0.03 inches at Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling and 0.02 inches at Chicago Midway Airport.

Winds were gusting as high as 45 mph and a tree was blown down, falling on four pedestrians on the Northwestern University Campus in Evanston. Three were transported to a hospital with injuries, one with a serious head injury. The fourth was treated at the scene.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1076490. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.