Winter Weather — Henderson, Illinois

2019-10-30 to 2019-10-31 · Henderson, Illinois

Event narrative

The COOP Observer in Gladstone reported 2.5 inches of snow. A trained spotter reported 3.5 inches in Oquawka.

Wider weather episode

A large upper level storm system tracked across eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois, and northeast Missouri Thursday night and Friday morning. This system brought a long duration snow event to the region, with totals mainly between 2 and 6 inches. This was also the most snow to ever fall on Halloween for much of the forecast area.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 860887. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.