Heavy Snow — Scott, Illinois

2019-01-11 to 2019-01-13 · Scott, Illinois

Event narrative

Weather observers measured 12 to 15 inches of snow across Scott County. Numerous traffic accidents occurred due to snow-covered roads. The snow was heavy and wet, which made plowing of roads difficult.

Wider weather episode

A slow-moving storm system brought a prolonged period of snow to central Illinois from the evening of January 11th through the morning of January 13th. Snow began across the Illinois River Valley during the evening of January 11th as low pressure developed over the Texas panhandle. As the low tracked slowly northeastward into Kentucky, light to moderate snow continued through January 12th before gradually tapering off and coming to an end by midday of the 13th. Widespread snowfall in excess of 6 inches occurred along and north of the I-70 corridor...with as much as 12 to 16 inches falling along and southwest of a Macomb to Lincoln line. The highest observed snowfall total was 16.0 inches just west of Jacksonville in Morgan County. Numerous traffic accidents occurred due to snow-covered roads.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 797594. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.