Winter Weather in Tazewell, Illinois

Winter Weather January 12, 2012 – January 13, 2012 · Tazewell, Illinois

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What the National Weather Service wrote

Three to five inches of snow fell across Tazewell County, resulting in numerous traffic accidents. In addition, a 62 year-old man died of cardiac arrest at his home in Morton on January 13th after shoveling the snow.

The wider storm

A vigorous upper-level disturbance brought a swath of snow across mainly north-central Illinois on January 12th into the early morning of January 13th. Three to five inches of snow accumulated along and north of a Jacksonville...to Springfield...to Danville line. As this was the first significant snowfall of the winter season, numerous traffic accidents were reported across the area. In addition, one man died as a result of shoveling the snow.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 356081. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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