The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma has issued a severe thunderstorm watch #113 valid until 5pm CDT this afternoon.
Severe thunderstorm watch #113 valid until 5pm CDT
SEVERE WEATHER UPDATES
Severe thunderstorm watch #93 valid until 2am CDT Thursday
This severe thunderstorm watch #93 will be in effect until 2am CDT and will cover the following
counties in the far south portions portions of the Chicago Metro area
In Illinois
Ford and Iroquois
In Indiana
Benton, Newton and Jasper
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 93
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
655 PM CDT WED APR 10 2013
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 93 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
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053-057-061-075-079-083-101-107-113-115-117-125-129-137-139-147-
149-159-167-169-171-173-179-183-110700-
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IL
. ILLINOIS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAMS BROWN CALHOUN
CASS CHAMPAIGN CHRISTIAN
CLARK CLAY COLES
CRAWFORD CUMBERLAND DE WITT
DOUGLAS EDGAR EFFINGHAM
FORD FULTON GREENE
IROQUOIS JASPER JERSEY
LAWRENCE LOGAN MACON
MACOUPIN MASON MCLEAN
MENARD MORGAN MOULTRIE
PIATT PIKE RICHLAND
SANGAMON SCHUYLER SCOTT
SHELBY TAZEWELL VERMILION
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063-065-067-069-073-075-081-095-097-103-107-109-111-119-121-131-
133-135-139-145-153-157-159-165-167-169-171-179-181-183-
110700-
/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0093.130410T2355Z-130411T0700Z/
IN
. INDIANA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAMS ALLEN BENTON
BLACKFORD BOONE CARROLL
CASS CLAY CLINTON
DELAWARE FOUNTAIN FULTON
GRANT HAMILTON HANCOCK
HENDRICKS HENRY HOWARD
HUNTINGTON JASPER JAY
JOHNSON MADISON MARION
MIAMI MONTGOMERY MORGAN
NEWTON OWEN PARKE
PULASKI PUTNAM RANDOLPH
RUSH SHELBY SULLIVAN
TIPPECANOE TIPTON VERMILLION
VIGO WABASH WARREN
WELLS WHITE WHITLEY
Snow has been falling at a fast and furious pace across north and west portions of the Chicago area with totals already as high as 8 inches in northeast Lake County at Beach Park. Totals so far across the Chicago Metro area range from 4 to 8 inches north and west to just an inch or two from the south side of Chicago into the southern and indiana surburbs.
The center of the low pressure system responsible for today's snow has just passed into Indiana jsut to the north of Terre Haute and will continue norrtheast overnight headed for the lower Great Lakes. As the storms continues to the northeast, snow will continue across the Chicago area with additional accumulations. While the intensity will slowly decrease to more of a light snow, falling temperatures will ensure more accumulations. By the time the snows finally end on Thursday, final snowfall totals should range from as much as 10-12 inches far north to about 4 inches in south and east sections.
Some late totals just in..
Mundelein 6.7 inches
Arlington Heights 6.0 inches
Huntley 6.0 inches
Silver Lake (Kenosha County) 7.0 inches
Park Forest 4.0 inches
Elk Grove village 6.4 inches
Carbon Hill 1.9 inches
Wheaton 5.0 inches
Burr Ridge 2.9 inches
Roselle 5.9 inches
DeKalb 6.0 inches
Midway 2.5 inches
Lake Bluff 5.5 inches
Batavia 4.8 inches
Downers Grove 4.1 inches
Kirkland (DeKalb County) 3.0 inches
North Aurora 4.0 inches
Woodstock 7.4 inches
Milwaukee State Fair Park 2.9 inches
At 3:30 pm latest radar trends show that the band of snow that swept across the Chicago area this afternoon is rapidly exiting the area after depositing a quick 1/2 to 1 inch accumulation. Improving conditions are expected the rest of the afternoon into this evening.
A from Merrillville in northwest Indiana indicated 0.3 inch of snow in 30 minutes.
A little after 11PM thunderstorms in the Chicago Heights, southern Cook County area reported rainfall amounts of 1.13 and 1.09 inch of rain in 30 minutes along with ¾-inch and 1-inch diameter hail. Park Forest reported 7/8-inch diameter hail at about the same time. Three-quarter-inch diameter hail was reported at Homer Glen in Will County and Calumet City in Cook County.
An influx of warm and moist Spring-like air aided in the development of showers and thunderstorms across the Chicago area this morning.
A few of the thunderstorms produced hail in the 0.50" to 1.00" range prompting the National Weather Service to issue a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for some of Chicago's southwest suburbs. One inch hail was vreported in Bolingbrook, IL shortly after Noon.
Rain chances will be on the decrease later this afternoon and evening.
Despite abundant moisture and favorable parameters, thunderstorms have failed to develop across northern Illinois and the Metropolitan Chicago area this evening. With evening cooling setting in and a wind shift slipping through the area, it appears that the areas chance for any thunderstorms , let alone severe thunderstorms are rapidly fading. Sunny, cooler and less humid weather will move in for Thursday with highs topping out in the lower 80s with some upper 70s highs along the beaches as winds blow in off the lake.
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