Saturday, November 21, 2015

REPORTS: Lake-Effect Snow Blasts Indiana, Michigan

By Heather Janssen, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer
November 21,2015; 10:19PM,EST
 
 
As of 8:35 p.m. CST Saturday, this blog is no longer live. Archived reports from the snowstorm can be found below.
The first snowfall of the season for the Midwest will continue to impact travelers and weekend plans from Chicago to Detroit on Saturday.
Whiteouts, rapidly accumulating snow and falling temperatures will cause roads to become snow-covered and make travel extremely treacherous.
The intense snowfall is part of the storm that will produce a total of 6 to 12 inches of snow with locally higher amounts across northern Illinois and from northern Indiana to southern Lower Michigan.

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UPDATES: (All times are listed in CST)
8:07 p.m. CST Saturday: 4.8 inches of snow recorded at Detroit Metro Airport (DTW) by an NWS spotter. A ground stop program is no longer in effect, but delays continue for Chicago-bound flights, according to the FAA.
7:00 p.m CST Saturday: Latest snow totals from NWS Chicago:
6:22 p.m. CST Saturday: "The heaviest snow is currently falling from around Pontiac, Michigan, and the northern suburbs of Detroit through southwestern Ontario, including Windsor and much of Essex County," AccuWeather Meteorologist Brian Edwards said.
"Snow fall rates in the heaviest band will reach 2 inches per hour. The snow will continue to taper off between now and 10:00 p.m. across the rest of metro Detroit and eastern Michigan."

5:15 p.m. CST Saturday: Additional Michigan snow totals reported by the NWS and trained spotters:

Michigan Snow Totals So Far

Location
Total in inches
Howell
14.50
Cooper
8.00
Kalamazoo
8.00
4 miles SE of Glenn
5.30
4:45 p.m. CST Saturday: Howell, Michigan, has received 14.50 inches of snow so far, with 8.30 inches recorded in only three hours, the National Weather Service reports. The National Weather Service Detroit office reports more than 8 inches of snow.
4:18 p.m. CST Saturday: A ground stop program is in effect for Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) due to snow and ice, the FAA reports.
4:04 p.m. CST Saturday: Over 18 inches of snow have been reported in Boone County, Illinois, 16.9 inches in Lake County and as high as 12 inches in Cook County.
3:22 p.m. CST Saturday: "Snow is in the process of tapering off in Chicago," AccuWeather Meteorologist Frank Strait said. "Snow will be heavy for a while still in northwest Indiana, but bitterly cold air is moving in and slush or water on the roads will freeze solid tonight, making them very slippery."
2:04 p.m. CST Saturday: Snow falling in the downtown Chicago area.
1:50 p.m. CST Saturday: "While moderating air from the warm Lake Michigan kept the accumulating snow farther inland earlier on Saturday, snow is now whitening Chicago's Lakefront," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Kristina Pydynowski said.
1:13 p.m. CST Saturday: A band of heavy snow dropped two inches of snow in an hour at Chicago O'Hare International Airport and will reach downtown Chicago in 20-30 minutes with very hazardous travel.
1:04 p.m. CST Saturday: Whiteout snow band in Chicago currently extends from Evanston to Wheaton as it continues pressing southward and approaching I-55.
12:47 p.m. CST Saturday: Dangerous travel conditions on Interstate 90 at Arlington Heights, Illinois, as a band of heavy snow moves over the area.
(Photo/Illinois Tollway)
12:31 p.m. CST Saturday: A band of heavy snow impacting areas north of the city of Chicago, including Chicago O'Hare International Airport. This band could produce whiteout conditions, dangerous travel and rapid accumulations.

12:17 p.m. CST Saturday:
Marcus Leshock ✔ @marcusleshock
Heavy snow split this tree in Grayslake. @NWSChicago @MikeHamernik

12:12 p.m. CST Saturday: Over 350 flights delayed at Chicago O'Hare International Airport, FlightStats reports.
11:58 a.m. CST Saturday: A NWS trained spotter reported 5.3 inches of snow non-paved surfaces around Kalamazoo, Michigan.
11:15 a.m. CST Saturday: Snow falling in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, area.
(Twitter Photo/@kcuttsjr)
11:01 a.m. CST Saturday: Royal Oak, Michigan, approximately 15 miles north of Detroit, Michigan, blanketed in snow.

Robin Schwartz @BedrockPR
Royal Oak right now in a blanket of white. Yes, I pulled over to take the pic!
10:27 a.m. CST Saturday: 13 inches of snow and near whiteout conditions have been reported in Wadsworth, Illinois, roughly 45 miles north of Chicago, Illinois, according to a NWS trained spotter.
10:10 a.m. CST Saturday: For the latest forecast information on the snow falling across northern Illinois and Michigan, watch this video:
For storm reports from Friday morning to 9:40 a.m. CST Saturday, click here.
 
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