Illinois, 2019

Winter Weather in Illinois, January 22, 2019

January 22, 2019 · NWS ILX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Low pressure approaching from the Southern Plains created areas of freezing drizzle during the morning of January 22nd. In addition, gusty southeasterly winds ahead of the developing system led to drifting of an existing snow cover.

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The toll

Deaths
1
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 ILX wrote it up.

Low pressure approaching from the Southern Plains created areas of freezing drizzle during the morning of January 22nd. In addition, gusty southeasterly winds ahead of the developing system led to drifting of an existing snow cover. As a result, scattered slick spots caused numerous traffic accidents...including one that killed a woman on I-155 in Logan County.

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Event by event

1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Logan

When
January 22, 6:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
Where
Logan forecast zone
Deaths
0 direct, 1 indirect
Reported by
Newspaper
Coordinates
40.125, -89.367 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A 62 year-old woman was killed when her van skidded off I-155 into the median and rolled over several times. The woman was driving northbound on I-155 about 3 miles south of IL-136 when she lost control of her vehicle due to icy conditions. She was ejected from her van and pronounced dead at the scene.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Winter Weather, Logan2019-01-2262FemaleVehicle/Towed TrailerIndirect

What these are

Winter Weather
Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

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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: 797640.