Winter Storm in Illinois, December 1, 2006

Name: Winter Storm in Illinois, December 1, 2006
Start: 2006-12-01T00:00
End: 2006-12-01T06:00
Location: Illinois

December 1, 2006 · NWS LSX · 17 events in 17 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 17 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $4.5 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 17

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 LSX wrote it up.

A major winter storm hit Western and Southern Illinois from November 30 through December 1, 2006. Up to a foot of snow fell across West Central Illinois while up to an inch of ice and sleet accumulated across Southwest Illinois, including the St. Louis area. Up to 300,000 customers lost electric service across Southwest and Southern Illinois due to downed power lines. In some areas it took a week to get the power restored. Many rural schools were closed for several days due to slick roads and power outages. Numerous buildings and automobiles were damaged by fallings trees and tree limbs. Damages will likely approach $100 million. Following is a short summary of how the storm affected various counties. Bond County: A tree fell on a car causing minor injuries to the driver. At least half of Greenville, IL lost power during the storm. Madison County: At least 75% of Edwardsville, IL lost power due to the storm. Numerous roofs and automobiles were damaged by falling tree limbs. There was one death due to an auto accident and another person died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Fumes from a generator running in a garage entered the home, killing one resident and seriously injuring another. Macoupin County: Emergency Management officials estimated that at least 40,000 of the 50,000 residents lost power during the storm. The southern 1/4 of the county was especially hard hit with most towns from Brighton to Bunker Hill to Staunton losing virtually all power. Monroe County: 142 residents of a nursing home had to be moved to another facility due to power problems. The small town of Maeystown lost all power and 66% of Waterloo lost power. Montgomery County: Emergency Management officials reported that 1 in 4 residents lost power from the storm. Pike County: One person was injured in an auto accident during the storm. The County Health Department in Pittsfield had to be closed because of a sagging roof the result of over a foot of snow. St. Clair County: It was reported that 70% of the town of Mascoutah lost power from the storm. At least half of the residents in the Millstadt/Smithson area lost power. Roofs and autos were damaged due to falling tree limbs across East St. Louis, Alton, and Cahokia. One person was injured in an auto accident in Alton. The damage figures for the various counties is for public assistance only.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS St. Louis, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 30, 11:47 PM CST, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 11:47 PM CST, 13 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1147 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006

.DISCUSSION...
...CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THIS EVENING...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA BEING UPGRADED TO WARNING...

MAIN UNCERTAINTY DEALS WITH THIS PACKAGE DEALS WITH HOW MUCH SNOW
ACCUMULATION VS. SLEET/GLAZE (ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN (FZRA))
ACCUMULATION THERE WILL BE OVER THE CNTRL PART OF THE CWA. WILL
CONTINUE TO FAVOR THE COOLER SOUNDINGS OF THE RUC/GFS AS
PRECPITATION TYPE ALL DAY HAVE BEEN MORE SLEET THAN THE ALL FZRA
SOUNDINGS THE NAM HAS BEEN FORECASTING.

THERE IS A BAND OF MDT TO HVY PRECIPITATION EXTENDING FROM E CNTRL
AND CNTRL MO SWWD THROUGH THE 0ZARKS INTO WRN AR ATTM. THIS BAND
WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NEWD THIS EVENING INTO CNTRL IL. THIS
MEANS THAT THE SAME AREA WILL SEE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF MDT-HVY
SLEET WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WELL INTO THE EVENING...
RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SLEET/GLAZE. CHANGEOVER TO
ALL SNOW WILL PROBABLY TAKE A WHILE AS GFS SOUNDINGS HAVE A
RELATIVELY WARM LAYER THROUGH LATE EVENING. THINK THERE WILL BE A
SHARP TRADE OFF BETWEEN JUST SNOW VS. A MIX OF SNOW/SLEET/FZRA ON
THE ERN EDGE OF THE DEFORMATION ZONE. THINKING IS THAT SLEET/GLAZE
TOTALS WILL TAKE AWAY FROM THE JUST SNOW TOTALS OVR ERN STL METRO
AREA WITH ONLY 2-4 INCHES...WHEREAS THE WRN METRO COUNTIES WILL
SEE QUITE A BIT OF SLEET WITH 6+ INCHES OF SNOW ON TOP OF IT.

FARTHER NW OVER CNTRL AND NERN MO/W CNTRL IL...THIS MIX WILL
SWITCH OVER BY MID EVENING AS THE DEFORMATION ZONE NOW OVER WRN
MO/ERN KS/OK LIFTS NEWD WITH THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM. SOUNDINGS WILL
QUICKLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW. ALL OF THE NECESSARY SYNOPTIC AND
MESOSCALE FORCING WILL SET UP TO PRODUCE A BAND OF VERY HEAVY
SNOWFALL OVER THIS AREA...WITH 10-14 INCH AMOUNTS EXPECTED BY THE
TIME THE SYSTEM LIFTS OUT TOMORROW MORNING.

HAVE UPGRADED THE ADVISORY TO A WARNING OVER THE FAR SRN AND ERN
COUNTIES AS THE TEMPERATURE WILL CONTINUE TO DROP. ONCE THE
PRECIPITATION CHANGED OVER...SHOULD SEE FZRA/SLEET TONIGHT INTO
EARLY TOMORROW...WITH SOME MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON TOP OF IT
AS THE DEFORMATION ZONE LIFTS NEWD.

OTHERWISE...WENT COLDER ON GUIDANCE TEMPS AS THEY ARE NOT TAKING
INTO ACCOUNT THE FRESH SNOW COVER. REST OF FORECAST IS DRY WITH A
GRADUAL MODERATING OF TEMPERATURES AS NO SIGNIFICANT SYSTEMS ARE
EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA UNTIL LATE NEXT WEEK.

BRITT/BYRD/GLASS

&&

.AVIATION...
FOR THE 06Z TAFS...
THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT IS THAT THE WEATHER IS BAD...AND WILL
STAY BAD FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 8 TO 10 HOURS ACROSS THE CWFA. IFR
AND LIFR CIGS AND VSBYS CAN BE EXPECTED IN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW.
WHERE THE FLIGHT CATEGORY IMPROVES TO MARGINAL LEVELS...ICING FROM SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE AN ISSUE. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SHOULD
TURN OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI EASTWARD BETWEEN NOW
AND 09Z TO 10Z FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS THE WHOLE AREA. THE STORM
SHOULD FINALLY PULL OUT AND END FROM WEST TO EAST BETWEEN 12Z AND
16Z FRIDAY MORNING...LEAVING BEHIND MARGINAL CIGS...AND PROBABLY A
LITTLE FOG TOO. LOOKS LIKE LOW CLOUDS WILL PULL AWAY DURING THE
EARLY AFTERNOON SOMETIME. WINDS WILL BECOME WEST-NORTHWESTERLY AS
THE SURFACE LOW MOVES INTO ILLINOIS AND SHOULD REMAIN STRONG...IN
THE 12KT TO 20KT RANGE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

CARNEY

&&

.LSX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MO...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY FOR AUDRAIN-BOONE-
     CALLAWAY-COLE-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-GASCONADE-IRON-JEFFERSON-
     KNOX-LEWIS-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARION-MONITEAU-MONROE-
     MONTGOMERY-OSAGE-PIKE-RALLS-REYNOLDS-SHELBY-ST. CHARLES-ST.
     FRANCOIS-ST. LOUIS-ST. LOUIS CITY-STE. GENEVIEVE-WARREN-
     WASHINGTON.

IL...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY FOR ADAMS IL-BOND IL-
     BROWN IL-CALHOUN IL-CLINTON IL-FAYETTE IL-GREENE IL-JERSEY
     IL-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON IL-MARION IL-MONROE IL-MONTGOMERY IL-
     PIKE IL-RANDOLPH IL-ST. CLAIR IL-WASHINGTON IL.

&&

WFO LSX

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 30, 4:12 PM CST, 7 hours 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
412 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006

ILZ058-095>099-MOZ018-019-026-027-034>036-041-042-047>052-059-060-
011200-
ADAMS IL-AUDRAIN-BOONE-BROWN-CALHOUN IL-CALLAWAY-COLE-GASCONADE-
GREENE IL-JERSEY IL-KNOX-LEWIS-LINCOLN-MARION-MONITEAU-MONROE-
MONTGOMERY-OSAGE-PIKE-PIKE IL-RALLS-SHELBY-WARREN-
412 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...CENTRAL MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING.  THE WINTRY MIX WILL THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING
WITH HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED FROM THE LATE EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS.  GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS UP TO 35 MPH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW.  ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER
INCH ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE TRANSITION TO SNOW THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SNOW WILL END ON FRIDAY MORNING WITH A TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 14
INCHES EXPECTED.  NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT CHANGES IN PRECIPITATION TYPE
ALONG WITH ICE AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGHOUT THE EVENT.

ILZ059-060-064-100>102-MOZ061>065-072-073-011200-
BOND IL-CRAWFORD-FRANKLIN-JEFFERSON-MACOUPIN IL-MADISON IL-MONROE IL-
MONTGOMERY IL-ST CHARLES-ST CLAIR IL-ST LOUIS-ST LOUIS CITY-
WASHINGTON-
412 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SLEET MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING.
THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL THEN GRADUALLY CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.  SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE SNOW WILL END FRIDAY MORNING WITH A TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8
INCHES POSSIBLE.  GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL RESULT
IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT CHANGES IN PRECIPITATION TYPE ALONG
WITH ICE AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGHOUT THE EVENT.

ILZ065-069-070-074-079-MOZ074-075-084-085-099-011200-
CLINTON IL-FAYETTE IL-IRON-MADISON-MARION IL-RANDOLPH IL-REYNOLDS-
ST FRANCOIS-STE GENEVIEVE-WASHINGTON IL-
412 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...AND TONIGHT

RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY EARLY
THIS EVENING.  ICE ACCUMULATION UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH IS
EXPECTED. THE MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL TURN TO SNOW
TOWARDS DAYBREAK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE SNOW WILL END FRIDAY MORNING WITH A TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT CHANGES IN PRECIPITATION TYPE ALONG
WITH ICE AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGHOUT THE EVENT.

BYRD

In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 30, 9:24 PM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
924 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0910 PM     FREEZING RAIN    HIGHLAND                38.74N 89.68W
11/30/2006  U0.00 INCH       MADISON            IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. MOST OF TOWN WITHOUT
            POWER.

0915 PM     ICE STORM        MONTGOMERY CITY         38.98N 91.51W
11/30/2006                   MONTGOMERY         MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OCCURRING. 1.25 INCHES OF
            ICE/SLEET ACCUMULATION.

&&

TRUETT

Local storm report, Nov 30, 9:25 PM CST, 2 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
925 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0920 PM     ICE STORM        SULLIVAN                38.22N 91.17W
11/30/2006                   FRANKLIN           MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FALLING. 2 INCHES OF
            SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATION.

&&

TRUETT

Local storm report, Nov 30, 11:02 PM CST, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1102 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1015 PM     HEAVY SLEET      HAZELWOOD               38.78N 90.36W
11/30/2006  E2.50 INCH       ST. LOUIS          MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            THUNDER HEARD.

1020 PM     ICE STORM        MEDORA                  39.18N 90.14W
11/30/2006                   MACOUPIN           IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FREEZING RAIN FALLING FOR PAST 40 MIN.

1035 PM     ICE STORM        IRONTON                 37.60N 90.64W
11/30/2006                   IRON               MO   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE HAS ACCUMULATED...POWER LINES AND
            TREES DOWN AROUND THE AREA.

1035 PM     FLOOD            IRONTON                 37.60N 90.64W
11/30/2006                   IRON               MO   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            APPROX. 2 FEET OF WATER RUNNING OVER ROADS. ONE WATER
            RESCUE PERFORMED.

1045 PM     ICE STORM        GREENVILLE              38.89N 89.40W
11/30/2006                   BOND               IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            ONE HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATED ON TREES. NUMEROUS TREE
            LIMBS DOWN.

&&

TILLY

Local storm report, Nov 30, 11:05 PM CST, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1105 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 PM     ICE STORM        AVISTON                 38.61N 89.61W
11/30/2006                   CLINTON            IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            APPROX. THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE HAS ACCUMULATED
            ON ELEVATED SURFACES. UP TO ONE FOOT DIAMETER LIMBS HAVE
            BROKEN OUT OF TREES.

&&

TILLY

Local storm report, Nov 30, 11:20 PM CST, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1120 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1120 PM     HEAVY SLEET      5 S BLAND               38.23N 91.63W
11/30/2006  E4.00 INCH       GASCONADE          MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STARTED TO CHANGE OVER TO A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET.

&&

TILLY

Local storm report, Nov 30, 11:50 PM CST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1150 PM CST THU NOV 30 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1150 PM     HEAVY SLEET      BOWLING GREEN           39.34N 91.20W
11/30/2006  E3.00 INCH       PIKE               MO   CO-OP OBSERVER

            STILL HAVE HEAVY SLEET FALLING.

&&

TILLY

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Event by event

17 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Greene

When: December 1, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Greene forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.356, -90.390 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Calhoun

When: December 1, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Calhoun forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.169, -90.667 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Jersey

When: December 1, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Jersey forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.086, -90.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Macoupin

When: December 1, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Macoupin forecast zone
Property damage: $2.0 million
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.261, -89.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Madison

When: December 1, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Madison forecast zone
Property damage: $1.7 million
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.830, -89.905 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Montgomery

When: December 1, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Montgomery forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.231, -89.479 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Monroe

When: December 1, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Monroe forecast zone
Property damage: $750,000
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.279, -90.177 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Bond

When: December 1, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Bond forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.887, -89.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, St. Clair

When: December 1, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: St. Clair forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.470, -89.928 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Clinton

When: December 1, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Clinton forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.607, -89.422 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Fayette

When: December 1, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Fayette forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.000, -89.024 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Randolph

When: December 1, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Randolph forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.052, -89.825 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Marion

When: December 1, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Marion forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.650, -88.919 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Washington

When: December 1, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Washington forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.352, -89.410 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Adams

When: December 1, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Adams forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.988, -91.188 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Brown

When: December 1, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Brown forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.962, -90.750 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Pike

When: December 1, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Pike forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.623, -90.886 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Storm: A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Illinois in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Illinois, December 2006

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: 8337, 8338, 8339, 8346, 8347, 8349, 8351, 8354, 8356, 8360, 8361, 8362, 8365, 8367, 8370, 8371, 8372.