Winter Weather — Henderson, Illinois

2020-04-16 to 2020-04-17 · Henderson, Illinois

Event narrative

A trained spotter reports ranged from 3.0 inches 2 miles southeast of Carman to 5.0 inches in Oquawka.

Wider weather episode

A late season snow storm brought heavy wet snow to portions of southeast Iowa, extreme northeast Missouri and northwest Illinois April 16 and 17. With warm ground temperatures, there were not many impacts to travel other than reduced visibility at times, and minor slushy accumulations on roads. The higher amounts of 5 to 8 inches fell from the Fairfield and Keosauqua areas in southeastern Iowa, northeast toward Mercer, Henry, Henderson, and Warren Counties in Illinois.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 885946. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.