Winter Weather — Tazewell, Illinois

2012-01-12 to 2012-01-13 · Tazewell, Illinois

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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_id 356081. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.