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A winter storm affected much of the middle part of the nation the first week of January, as waves of low pressure moved northeast along a frontal boundary from the southern Plains to the Ohio Valley. A band of freezing precipitation fell over parts of Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. General ice accumulations across Kansas and Missouri were between 1/2 to 1 inch; some reports as high as 1.5 inches were received. Lighter ice accumulations of 1/4 to 1/2 inch occurred across portions of central Illinois, between I-72 and I-80. Sleet accumulations of up to 1.5 inches were also been reported in Kansas and Missouri. Numerous power outages have occurred due to many downed tree branches. North of this band, heavy snow fell from Colorado and Wyoming to Michigan. Up to 11 inches of snow have been reported in Wyoming, 14 inches in South Dakota and Nebraska, 5 inches in Kansas, 17 inches in Iowa and 15 inches in northwest Illinois. Significant winds caused blowing and drifting snow, and adding to the damage from the ice storm.
Further to the south, heavy rainfall of 2 to 6 inches occurred from southern Missouri, into central and southern Illinois and Indiana. These totals, well above normal for the entire month, followed a period of much above normal temperatures, which melted the snowpack from the pre-Christmas storm. The combination of the two led to many rivers rising above flood stage. Here are some totals from around central and southeast Illinois: PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1115 AM CST THU JAN 6 2005 ...RAIN TOTALS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... HERE ARE SOME OBSERVED RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. OBSERVED READINGS WERE TAKEN AROUND 7 AM CST ON THE DAYS INDICATED. IN MOST CASES...THESE VALUES ARE 3 TO 5 TIMES WHAT ARE NORMALLY SEEN ACROSS THE AREA FOR EARLY JANUARY. NORMALS FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JANUARY ARE GENERALLY IN THE 1.5 TO 2.5 INCH RANGE. STATION SUN MON TUE WED THU 5-DAY LOCATION 1/2 1/3 1/4 1/5 1/6 TOTAL -------- --- --- --- --- --- ----- CHAMPAIGN COUNTY FISHER M 0.52 0.78 0.82 0.88 M MAHOMET 0.05 0.47 0.78 0.56 1.01 2.87 OGDEN 0.10 0.38 0.82 0.83 1.13 3.26 PHILO M 0.53 0.69 0.90 1.20 M SAVOY (WILLARD) 0.02 0.47 0.64 0.77 0.95 2.85 URBANA (U OF I) 0.58 0.67 0.80 0.99 0.99 4.03 CHRISTIAN COUNTY KINCAID 0.01 0.83 0.80 1.21 0.90 3.75 MORRISONVILLE 0.00 0.78 0.68 1.65 1.12 4.23 PANA 3E 0.24 0.94 0.68 1.71 0.85 4.42 TAYLORVILLE M 0.93 0.63 1.50 1.00 M CLARK COUNTY CASEY 0.28 1.73 1.04 2.01 1.21 6.27 CLAY COUNTY CLAY CITY 6SSE 0.03 1.00 0.71 1.54 1.49 4.77 COLES COUNTY CHARLESTON M 1.27 0.85 1.49 0.75 M MATTOON 0.16 0.81 0.75 1.29 0.62 3.63 MATTOON AP 0.17 0.78 0.96 1.28 0.70 3.89 CRAWFORD COUNTY HUTSONVILLE 0.15 1.47 0.61 1.82 M M ROBINSON 0.08 1.47 0.61 1.73 1.58 5.47 DE WITT COUNTY CLINTON M 0.65 M 0.77 1.04 M DOULGAS COUNTY ARCOLA 0.19 0.73 0.53 1.46 1.03 3.94 TUSCOLA 0.12 0.49 0.67 1.00 1.07 3.35 EDGAR COUNTY PARIS 0.18 1.66 0.90 1.41 1.07 5.22 EFFINGHAM COUNTY BEECHER CITY 0.23 1.50 0.90 2.20 0.86 5.69 EFFINGHAM 3SW 0.12 1.52 0.93 2.24 0.90 5.71 EFFINGHAM SE 0.15 1.73 1.00 2.19 1.11 6.18 FULTON COUNTY ST DAVID M 0.74 0.54 0.46 0.63 M JASPER COUNTY NEWTON M 1.34 M 1.45 1.80 M STE MARIE M 2.31 0.45 1.80 1.40 M KNOX COUNTY ALTONA 0.66 0.16 0.48 M 0.86 M DAHINDA M 0.38 0.44 0.30 0.43 M LAWRENCE COUNTY LAWRENCEVILLE M 0.65 0.62 0.60 2.47 M LAWRENCEVL AP 0.04 0.65 0.74 1.25 1.77 4.45 LOGAN COUNTY LINCOLN 0.06 0.49 0.64 0.68 0.57 2.44 MT PULASKI M 0.68 0.78 0.91 0.92 M MC DONOUGH COUNTY PRAIRIE CITY 2S 0.48 0.53 0.54 0.34 0.35 2.24 MC LEAN COUNTY BLOOMINGTON 5W 0.50 0.53 0.62 0.44 0.76 2.85 STANFORD 2S 0.21 0.41 0.56 0.45 0.63 2.26 MACON COUNTY DECATUR N 0.02 0.73 0.84 0.87 0.87 3.33 DECATUR AP 0.01 0.54 0.78 0.76 0.85 2.94 MARSHALL COUNTY LACON 0.85 0.92 0.50 0.38 0.52 3.17 MASON COUNTY HAVANA 4NNE 1.07 0.67 0.50 0.53 0.53 3.30 MENARD COUNTY ATHENS 2SW M 0.35 0.84 0.85 0.60 M PETERSBURG 2SW 0.11 0.48 0.39 0.49 0.17 1.64 MORGAN COUNTY CHAPIN 4E 0.12 0.42 0.72 1.20 0.52 2.98 JACKSONVILLE 0.09 0.40 0.73 1.15 0.43 2.80 MOULTRIE COUNTY LOVINGTON 0.02 0.75 0.63 1.24 1.14 3.78 SULLIVAN 3S 0.14 0.77 0.59 1.48 0.97 3.95 PEORIA COUNTY CHILLICOTHE 1.04 0.73 0.36 0.41 0.58 3.12 PEORIA AP 0.64 0.59 0.61 0.33 0.36 2.53 PRINCEVILLE 2W 0.73 0.78 0.51 0.32 0.38 2.72 PIATT COUNTY CISCO 0.06 0.52 0.76 M M M RICHLAND COUNTY CALHOUN 5SE M 1.11 0.46 1.70 M M CLAREMONT 6N 0.10 M M 1.99 1.60 M OLNEY 2S 0.05 0.94 0.66 1.77 2.11 5.53 SANGAMON COUNTY BUFFALO 0.01 0.66 0.72 1.01 0.73 3.13 LAKE SPFLD 0.06 0.63 0.65 0.91 0.47 2.72 LOAMI 3SSW 0.06 0.92 0.80 1.06 0.73 3.57 RIVERTON 4NNE M 0.43 0.76 0.96 0.70 M SHERMAN 0.04 0.51 0.73 0.90 0.83 3.01 SPRINGFIELD AP 0.05 0.51 0.75 0.97 0.69 2.97 SPRINGFIELD NE 0.05 0.79 0.89 1.08 0.90 3.70 SCOTT COUNTY WINCHESTER 0.27 0.40 0.72 1.32 0.47 3.18 SHELBY COUNTY FINDLAY 2NW 0.05 M 0.39 1.43 0.65 M WINDSOR 7SE 0.23 1.77 1.05 1.02 1.26 5.33 STARK COUNTY BRADFORD 0.81 0.17 0.59 0.28 0.59 2.44 CAMP GROVE 2SW 0.51 0.41 0.67 0.36 0.63 2.58 TOULON 2SSW 0.90 0.19 0.66 0.25 0.32 2.32 TAZEWELL COUNTY GROVELAND 2WNW 0.51 0.59 0.45 0.40 M M MACKINAW 0.33 0.67 0.57 0.37 0.57 2.51 MORTON 0.31 0.51 0.53 0.41 0.57 2.33 SOUTH PEKIN 2E M 0.52 0.63 0.39 0.56 M WASHINGTON 0.38 0.66 0.65 0.46 0.55 2.70 VERMILION COUNTY DANVILLE SE 0.19 M 0.68 0.68 1.22 M HOOPESTON 0.22 0.44 0.71 0.73 M M SIDELL 5NW 0.17 0.37 0.58 0.80 1.10 3.02 WOODFORD COUNTY CAZENOVIA 0.51 0.64 0.51 0.36 0.51 2.53 CONGERVILLE 2NW 0.31 0.51 0.43 0.45 0.45 2.15 EUREKA M 0.55 0.55 0.45 M M MINONK 0.66 0.67 0.44 0.31 M M |
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