Heavy Snow, Bureau
- When
- March 8, 12:00 PM CST to March 9, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Bureau forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.404, -89.529 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Illinois, March 8 to 9, 1998
Bands of heavy snow fell across eastern Iowa and Northwest Illinois resulting in numerous road and school closures. Most locations reported amounts ranging from 2 to 6 inches with 6 to 9 inches under the heaviest bands.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 10 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS DVN wrote it up.
Bands of heavy snow fell across eastern Iowa and Northwest Illinois resulting in numerous road and school closures. Most locations reported amounts ranging from 2 to 6 inches with 6 to 9 inches under the heaviest bands. The heavy snow coupled with earlier rain and sleet also caused extensive power and telephone outages over northern Illinois.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
10 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Hancock
- When
- March 8, 12:00 PM CST to March 9, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Hancock forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.404, -91.165 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Henderson
- When
- March 8, 12:00 PM CST to March 9, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Henderson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.818, -90.925 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Henry
- When
- March 8, 12:00 PM CST to March 9, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Henry forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.353, -90.131 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Jo Daviess
- When
- March 8, 12:00 PM CST to March 9, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Jo Daviess forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.366, -90.212 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, McDonough
- When
- March 8, 12:00 PM CST to March 9, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- McDonough forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.456, -90.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Mercer
- When
- March 8, 12:00 PM CST to March 9, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Mercer forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.205, -90.741 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Putnam
- When
- March 8, 12:00 PM CST to March 9, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Putnam forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.205, -89.286 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Stephenson
- When
- March 8, 12:00 PM CST to March 9, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Stephenson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.352, -89.662 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Warren
- When
- March 8, 12:00 PM CST to March 9, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Warren forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.849, -90.615 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Alabama, March 8, 1998
- Flooding in Georgia, March 8 to 21, 1998
- Winter Storm in Illinois, March 8 to 9, 1998
- Flooding in Alabama, March 8 to 17, 1998
- Tornadoes in South Carolina, March 8, 1998
- Avalanche in Colorado, March 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, March 8, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, March 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Massachusetts, March 8 to 13, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Florida, March 8, 1998
- Flooding in Georgia, March 8 to 14, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, March 8, 1998
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, March 1998
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5643499, 5643500, 5643501, 5643502, 5643503, 5643504, 5643505, 5643506, 5643507, 5643508.