One of the most significant snowstorms in nearly a decade struck central Illinois on February 13, producing blizzard conditions in many locations. |The extended period of snow produced impressive accumulations across parts of central Illinois, particularly along the I-72 corridor where between 10 and 15 inches was common.
Every event with a place to put it; 27 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS ILX wrote it up.
One of the most significant snowstorms in nearly a decade struck central Illinois on February 13, producing blizzard conditions in many locations. Snow began falling during the late evening hours of February 12 and did not come to an end until 24 hours later.|The extended period of snow produced impressive accumulations across parts of central Illinois, particularly along the I-72 corridor where between 10 and 15 inches was common. Further north and south, snow totals gradually tapered downward.|In addition to the heavy snowfall, strong northerly winds gusting from 35 to 45 mph created blizzard conditions. Visibilities were reduced to less than a quarter of a mile at times in falling and/or blowing snow. Many locations reported snow drifts ranging from 3 to 6 feet, prompting the closure of several area roadways.
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 Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 12, 9:55 PM CST, 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 955 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM MOVING INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... .DISCUSSION... FORECAST PRETTY MUCH ON TRACK TONIGHT FOR ARRIVAL OF MAJOR WINTER STORM THAT CONTINUES THROUGH TUE EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL IL. MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE GRIDS AND FORECAST FOR ARRIVAL OF SNOW AND ADDED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DEVELOPING NORTH OVERNIGHT. SNOW AS FAR NORTH AS A HAVANA TO LINCOLN TO CHAMPAIGN TO PARIS LINE AND SPREADING NE WITH 1.7 INCHES OF SNOW ALREADY AT SPRINGFIELD. RAIN SOUTH OF I-70 WITH MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW BETWEEN I-70 AND I-72. KEPT WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY GOING THROUGH TUE ACROSS SE 6 COUNTIES AND WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH MIDNIGHT TUE NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL IL. 03Z/9 PM SURFACE MAP SHOWS 1003 MB LOW PRESSURE JUST WEST OF FORT WORTH TX WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED FROM THIS LOW IN NORTH TX ACROSS CENTRAL AR/TN WHILE A LOW PRESSURE TROF WAS NEAR I-70 IN IN/IL INTO CENTRAL MO. VERY STRONG 1046 MB ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WAS OVER ALBERTA AND SASKETCHEWAN. RADAR MOSAIC AND GROUND TRUTH REPORTS SHOW SNOW AS FAR NORTH AS A HAVANA TO LINCOLN TO CHAMPAIGN TO PARIS LINE. RAIN SOUTH OF I-70 WITH FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW SOUTH OF I-72 TO I-70. NE WINDS SLOWLY COOLING TEMPS WITH THE FREEZING LINE ALONG I-72. TEMPS RANGE FROM AROUND 30F FROM GALESBURG AND BLOOMINGTON NORTH TO NEAR 35F FROM EFFINGHAM AND LAWRENCEVILLE SOUTH. TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT CAUSING NE WINDS TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH NORTH OF LINCOLN ALREADY. ALOFT A VIGOROUS 555 DM 500 MB LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER SW OK. ALL INGREDIENTS COMING TOGETHER FOR A MAJOR WINTER STORM ACROSS CENTRAL IL THROUGH TUE EVENING WHICH NAM/WRF MODEL WAS BEST VERIFYING WITH TIMING AND PRECIPITATION TYPE FROM LAST NIGHTS RUN. RUC AND WRF TAKE LOW PRESSURE NE TO NORTHERN AR BY DAWN TUE THEN WRF BRING LOW PRESSURE INTO WESTERN KY/TN TUE AFTERNOON. THIS TRACK CONTINUES TO BE SLOWER AND A BIT FURTHER SOUTH THAN YESTERDAYS RUNS. RUC IS A FEW HOURS QUICKER THAN WRF WITH ARRIVING OF SNOW TONIGHT AND VERIFYING BEST SO FAR THIS EVENING. RUC HAS SNOW OVERSPREADING NE AREAS THROUGH 06Z/MIDNIGHT. FREEZING LINE NEAR I-72 GRADUALLY DROPS SOUTH INTO SE IL ALONG HIGHWAY 50 FROM FLORA TO LAWRENCEVILLE BY 12Z/6 AM. SO RAIN THERE WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND POSSIBLY SNOW. KEPT WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY GOING THROUGH TUE OVER SOUTHERN SIX COUNTIES SOUTH OF I-70 WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH...SLEET ACCUMULUATIONS LESS THAN A HALF INCH AND 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW TUE. FREEZING RAIN... SLEET AND SNOW BETWEEN I-70 AND I-72 WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY 12Z/6 AM NORTH OF I-70 WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DEVELOPING ESPECIALLY NORTH OF I-72 AS NE WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH ACROSS CENTRAL IL DURING OVENRIGHT. SLOWER MOVEMENT OF WINTER STORM KEEPS SNOW GOING ACROSS CENTRAL IL THROUGH TUE AND DIMININISHING FROM THE WEST TUE EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES NORTH OF I-70 WITH EAST CENTRAL IL POTENTIALLY GETTING LOCALLY MORE. NE WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTING IN THE 30S WILL OCCUR TUE CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NE WINDS STAY BLUSTERING INTO TUE NIGHT AND TURN NORTH AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO WV LATE TUE NIGHT. && .PREV DISCUSSION...LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS HAD LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING EAST NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. ALOFT...VIGOROUS SHORT WAVE WAS ALSO PUSHING INTO THE VICINITY OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. MAIN FORECAST CONCERN IS...OBVIOUSLY...THE IMPENDING WINTER STORM AND ITS ASSOCIATED PRECIPITATION TYPES/AMOUNTS THROUGH TUESDAY. 12Z MODELS IN GOOD OVERALL AGREEMENT WITH MOST FEATURES. SOME DIFFERENCES PERSIST IN THE IMPORTANT MESOSCALE FORCING FEATURES... AND I TENDED TO BLEND THE NAM/GFS SOLUTIONS. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT... FORCING THROUGH THE EVENT WILL BE IMPRESSIVE. STRONG ISENTROPIC ASCENT IS ONGOING AND WILL INCREASE TONIGHT ACROSS REGION AS SYSTEM BEGINS TO LIFT TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY. AT THE SAME TIME... STRONG/DEEP FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING WILL DEVELOP IN RESPONSE TO A COUPLED JET STRUCTURE MOVING OVERHEAD. WEAKER MID LEVEL STABILITY IS EXPECTED WORK WITH THIS FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING TO PRODUCE SOME BANDED SNOW AND POTENTIALLY INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES. THE MOST FAVORED LOCATION FOR BANDED SNOW AT THIS TIME APPEARS TO BE ALONG THE I-72 CORRIDOR...MAINLY EAST OF SPRINGFIELD. THE FORCING WILL SHIFT PRIMARILY TO EASTERN ILLINOIS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INDIANA BY TUESDAY EVENING BRINGING THE FALLING SNOW TO A GRADUAL END. MOISTURE IS ALSO MORE THAN AMPLE FOR HEAVY PRECIPITATION. AVERAGE PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES WILL AVERAGE FROM ONE HALF TO ONE INCH DURING THE EVENT. MIXING RATIOS WILL AVERAGE 4 TO 6 G/KG DURING THE PERIOD OF BEST ISENTROPIC ASCENT...WHICH WOULD SUPPORT 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ALONE IF THE ISENTROPIC LIFT LASTED FOR 12 HOURS (IT DOES OVER MUCH OF EASTERN ILLINOIS). HOWEVER...RAIN AND OR A MIX WILL KEEP SNOW TOTALS QUITE A BIT LOWER OVER SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. LOWER AMOUNTS ARE ALSO LIKELY AS YOU GO NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER...FURTHER AWAY FROM THE STORM TRACK. TEMPERATURE PROFILES SUPPORT SNOW FOR MOST LOCALES SUPPORT SNOW THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. MOST LOCATIONS THAT ARE EXPECTING SNOW SHOULD HAVE A DEEP ISOTHERMAL LAYER IN THE -5C TO -10C RANGE...WHICH SHOULD HELP PRODUCE LARGE SNOW FLAKES THROUGH AGGREGATION. AN ELEVATED WARM LAYER IS EXPECTED TO PUSH AS FAR NORTH AS A SHELBY TO EDGAR COUNTY LINE...AND HAVE ADDED MIXED PRECIPITATION IN THIS AREA. SOUTH OF I-70...WHERE THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ALOFT ARE EXPECTED...SURFACE TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING WILL KEEP THE SIGNIFICANT ICING THREAT TO A MINIMUM. WINDS WILL BECOME A FACTOR TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS OVER 30 MPH...WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION AS WELL. IN SUMMARY...STRONG FORCING...ABUNDANT MOISTURE...AND FAVORABLE THERMAL PROFILES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW TOTALS ARE LIKELY ALONG THE I-72 CORRIDOR...WITH AMOUNTS TAPERING AS YOU GO NORTHWEST (FURTHER FROM STORM TRACK) AND SOUTHEAST (TOWARD AREAS WHERE MIXING WILL TAKE PLACE). WINDS WILL BLOW THE SNOW AROUND TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTRIBUTE TO DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. EXISTING HEADLINES HAVE THIS SCENARIO WELL COVERED AND WILL LEAVE THEM AS IS. WEDNESDAY...QUIET WEATHER WILL RETURN. HOWEVER...ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE AND FRESH SNOW PACK WILL DROP TEMPERATURES TO WELL BELOW NORMAL LEVELS ONCE AGAIN. LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... CONTINUED THE SAME TREND AS PREVIOUS FORECAST. UPPER LEVEL NORTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES OVER REGION THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE TO AFFECT AREA THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. LIKE PREVIOUS FORECAST COLDER TEMPERATURES DUE TO EXPECTED SNOWPACK. THERE IS A UPPER LEVEL CLIPPER SYSTEM THAT MOVES THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION ON FRIDAY NIGHT TO SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM SHOULD VERY WEAK AND SO WILL HOLD ON MENTION AT THIS TYPE DUE TO LIMITED MOISTURE. DID MODIFY SURFACE WINDS SLIGHTLY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH. && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 00Z TUESDAY TO 06Z WEDNESDAY FOR SCOTT MORGAN SANGAMON CHRISTIAN MACON SHELBY MOULTRIE DOUGLAS EDGAR COLES CUMBERLAND CLARK KNOX STARK MARSHALL FULTON PEORIA WOODFORD SCHUYLER MASON TAZEWELL MCLEAN CASS MENARD LOGAN DEWITT PIATT CHAMPAIGN AND VERMILION COUNTIES. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 00Z TUESDAY TO 00Z WEDNESDAY FOR EFFINGHAM JASPER CRAWFORD CLAY RICHLAND AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES. && SHORT TERM...HUETTL/BAK LONG TERM...GOETSCH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 405 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-131200- FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-MASON-PEORIA-SCHUYLER-STARK-TAZEWELL- WOODFORD- 405 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A STORM SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN TEXAS WILL PUSH NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE OHIO VALLEY BRINGING WITH IT THE THREAT FOR HEAVY SNOW DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. EXPECT SNOW TO MOVE INTO THE AREA BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST ON TUESDAY WHILE CONTINUING TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS...WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AND WINDS WILL ONLY GRADUALLY DIMINISH TUESDAY NIGHT WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY. EXPECT LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE NORTHWEST... AND HIGHER AMOUNTS FARTHER EAST. ONCE THE STORM DEPARTS...ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL FILTER SOUTH INTO THE MIDWEST FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. MORNING TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY MAY BE WELL BELOW ZERO IN MANY AREAS WITH WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT...HOWEVER SNOWFALL REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. ILZ038-042>057-061>063-131200- CASS-CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-COLES-CUMBERLAND-DE WITT-DOUGLAS- EDGAR-LOGAN-MACON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-MOULTRIE-PIATT-SANGAMON- SCOTT-SHELBY-VERMILION- 405 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A STORM SYSTEM OVER NORTHERN TEXAS WILL PUSH NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE OHIO VALLEY BRINGING WITH IT THE THREAT FOR HEAVY SNOW DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO MOVE INTO THE AREA BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT... BEGINNING AS A MIX OF RAIN... SLEET... AND SNOW... CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST ON TUESDAY CONTINUING TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ALONG WITH INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS...WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AND WINDS WILL ONLY GRADUALLY DIMINISH TUESDAY NIGHT WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES... ESPECIALLY ALONG THE I-72 CORRIDOR FROM SPRINGFIELD TO DANVILLE... WITH LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS EAST OF INTERSTATE 57. ONCE THE STORM DEPARTS...ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL FILTER SOUTH INTO THE MIDWEST FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. MORNING TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY MAY BE WELL BELOW ZERO IN MANY AREAS WITH WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT...HOWEVER SNOWFALL REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. ILZ066>068-071>073-131200- CLAY-CRAWFORD-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- 405 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT LIGHT RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING... MIXING WITH SLEET AND SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST ON TUESDAY CONTINUING TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF SNOW ALONG WITH INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS...WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES AND WINDS WILL ONLY GRADUALLY DIMINISH TUESDAY NIGHT WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS AS YOU HEAD NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. ONCE THE STORM DEPARTS...ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL FILTER SOUTH INTO THE MIDWEST FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. MORNING TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY MAY BE APPROACHING ZERO IN MANY AREAS WITH WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE 5 TO 15 BELOW ZERO RANGE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT...HOWEVER SNOWFALL REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. HARDIMAN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
940 PM CST MON FEB 12 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0935 PM SNOW SPRINGFIELD 39.78N 89.64W
02/12/2007 M1.3 INCH SANGAMON IL CO-OP OBSERVER
FROM OFFICIAL OBSERVER IN SPRINGFIELD.
0935 PM SNOW LOVINGTON 39.71N 88.63W
02/12/2007 M1.0 INCH MOULTRIE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
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SCHAFFERThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
18 blizzard, 9 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall totals averaged 7 to 9 inches. Significant blowing and drifting snow also occurred.
Snowfall totals averaged 6 inches. Significant blowing and drifting snow also occurred.
Snowfall totals averaged 4 to 10 inches. Significant blowing and drifting snow also occurred.
Snowfall totals averaged 4 to 10 inches. Significant blowing and drifting snow also occurred.
Snowfall totals averaged 8 to 14 inches. Blizzard conditions were also reported.
Snowfall totals averaged 5 to 9 inches. Blizzard conditions were also reported.
Snowfall totals averaged 10 to 13 inches. Blizzard conditions were also reported.
Snowfall totals averaged 8 to 12 inches. Blizzard conditions were also reported.
Snowfall totals averaged 9 to 12 inches. Blizzard conditions were also reported.
Snowfall totals averaged 8 to 12 inches. Blizzard conditions were also reported.
Snowfall totals averaged 4 to 10 inches. Blizzard conditions were also reported.
Snowfall totals averaged 10 to 12 inches. Blizzard conditions were also reported.
Snowfall totals averaged 9 to 15 inches. Blizzard conditions were also reported.
Snowfall totals averaged 8 to 12 inches. Blizzard conditions were also reported.
Snowfall totals averaged 9 to 13 inches. Blizzard conditions were also reported.
Snowfall totals averaged 7 to 12 inches. Significant blowing and drifting snow also occurred.
Snowfall totals averaged 10 to 13 inches. Blizzard conditions were also reported.
Snowfall totals averaged 10 to 13 inches. Blizzard conditions were also reported.
Snowfall totals averaged 8 to 12 inches. Blizzard conditions were also reported.
Snowfall totals averaged 8 to 17 inches. Blizzard conditions were also reported.
Snowfall totals averaged 5 to 7 inches. Significant blowing and drifting snow also occurred.
Snowfall totals averaged 6 to 8 inches. Significant blowing and drifting snow also occurred.
Snowfall totals averaged 8 to 13 inches. Blizzard conditions were also reported.
Snowfall totals averaged 6 to 9 inches. Blizzard conditions were also reported.
Snowfall totals averaged 7 to 9 inches. Blizzard conditions were also reported.
Snowfall totals averaged 3 to 8 inches. Significant blowing and drifting snow also occurred.
Snowfall totals averaged 3 to 8 inches. Significant blowing and drifting snow also occurred.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blizzard, Vermilion | 2007-02-13 | 47 | Male | Permanent Home | Indirect |
| Blizzard, Vermilion | 2007-02-13 | 71 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Illinois in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, February 2007
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: 14897, 14898, 14899, 14900, 14902, 14903, 14905, 14907, 14910, 14911, 14912, 14913, 14914, 14915, 14919, 14896, 14904, 14906, 14908, 14917, 14892, 14895, 14909, 14916, 14918, 14893, 14894.