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Winter Weather in Crawford, Illinois

Winter Weather December 15, 2010 – December 17, 2010 · Crawford, Illinois

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What the National Weather Service wrote

A light accumulation of ice created hazardous driving conditions across Crawford County. A man was killed during the early morning hours of December 17th when he lost control of his pickup truck on a rural road just west of Robinson.

The wider storm

A weather disturbance tracked from the Plains through central Illinois on December 15th and 16th, spreading a mixture of snow, sleet, and freezing rain across the area. Snowfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches were reported along and northeast of the I-74 corridor...with mainly freezing rain reported further south. Ice accumulations were less than one quarter of an inch. Despite the light nature of the wintery precipitation, several traffic accidents were reported around the area, including one that killed a man in rural Crawford County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 267343. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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