2013-2014 Season

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STORM SUMMARY 3-25-14

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STORM SUMMARY 3-8-14
An area of light rain and drizzle developed 3-5am before quickly changing over to light snow mixed with a little sleet in spots. Activity was heaviest from Calumet City to Joliet southward. There was just enough snow to require some salting especially south burbs. Activity exited the area mid am. Officially O’Hare Airport hat .3 snow, RFD .2 and Romeoville .2

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STORM SUMMARY 3-4-14

A period of snow and snow showers early am produced .5 to 1.5 inches mainly north of I90 to Trace amounts near the I88 corridor. This required salting and even some plowing in some areas in the snow area. This was a short duration event between 4-6am Chicago area and 2-4am Rockford area. ORD received .1 of snow, Rockford .8, Romeoville trace

Snow totals:

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STORM SUMMARY 2-20&21-2014
Rain mixed with sleet and isolated thunderstorms developed 4-6am.
Rain even changed to heavy wet snow over parts of the area with the
Heaviest accumulations in Lake County where some plowing was
Needed at Mundelein and Crystal Lake were some spots received
3 inches as of 7am. There were some slushy buildups elsewhere.
Some other snow amounts RFD .1 Cortland .4 Fox Lake 1.4 Gurnee .6

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STORM SUMMARY 3-1&2-14.

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STORM SUMMARY 2-17-14

Light snow and flurries occurred between 5-7am. Areas south of I80 picked
Up upwards to an inch or two with this first batch while areas to the north received
Very little. Additional areas of light snow and snow showers occurred between
8 to 11am. Amounts by noon ranged from ½ to an inch. More snow mostly light

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STORM SUMMARY 2-15-2014

Light snow spread into Rockford just prior to 6pm and over the Chicago are
Between 7-8pm. This was a fairly short duration event as the snow cleared the
Area between 10-11pm. Temperatures during the snowfall were in the teens.
Salting and in some areas plowing was needed. The official snowfall at
O’Hare was .7, Rockford 1.4 inches, Romeoville .9

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STORM SUMMARY 2-8-14

A narrow area of light snow and snow showers produced <1” snow prior to
6-7am north of I90 with just some scattered flurries elsewhere. Meanwhile more
Lights now developed 8-10 am and the snow intensified from west to east across
the area between 11am and 1pm. Snow intensities were not uniform as some areas

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STORM SUMMARY 2-4&2-5-14

Light snow began late afternoon/evening. Snow intensities increased after
9-10pm. We began to witness some lake enhancement after 3-4am. The
Accumulating snow diminished to real light snow and flurries by late
Morning for the western burbs while lake effect snow continued closer
To the lake until midafternoon (although it was very light after 12-1pm).

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STORM SUMMARY 1-31&2-1-14

After and endless series of clipper type systems, we finally has a system move in
From the southwest which contained a lot more moisture. The heaviest moisture
Was mainly south of I80 but Rockford and Chicago each received a plowable
Snowfall. Light snow spread into the area from south to north during the