2013-03-24 Late Winter Snowfall
A Spring Snowstorm is expected for our area … Taken from the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office for Chicago, IL “A Spring snow storm has been developing over the central Rocky Mountains overnight. As it moves east from the central plains across the mid Mississippi valley and to the Ohio valley tonight, Sunday and Sunday night […]
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2013-03-05 Snowfall Totals
“After a record slow start to the winter snowfall, Old Man Winter has really decided to go out with a bang! Check out the graph below that show this winter’s YTD snowfall versus normal. Notice how the HUGE snowfall deficits that we had been running all winter have literally been wiped out in the last […]
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2013-03-05 Winter Storm Update III
A WINTER STORM WARNING has been issued for our area with chances for significant snow accumulation increasing across Northern Illinois. Taken from the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office for Chicago, IL The most significant March snowstorm in several years will affect the area today. Snow will likely be heavy at times this afternoon and […]
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2013-03-05 Winter Storm Update II
A WINTER STORM WARNING has been issued for our area with chances for significant snow accumulation increasing across Northern Illinois. Taken from the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office for Chicago, IL The most significant March snowstorm in several years will affect the area on Tuesday. Snow will likely be heavy at times into Tuesday […]
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2013-03-05 Winter Storm Update
A WINTER STORM WARNING has been issued for our area with chances for significant snow accumulation increasing across Northern Illinois. Taken from the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office for Chicago, IL Light snow may be seen today and this evening as moist air begins to return ahead of a developing low pressure area. More […]
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2013-03-05 Winter Storm
A WINTER STORM WATCH has been issued for our area with chances for significant snow accumulation increasing across Northern Illinois. Taken from the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office for Chicago, IL A winter storm will develop over the northern plains early next week and track into the Midwest by Tuesday. Various forecast models are offering […]
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2013-02-27 Snowfall Totals
“Records were set for snowfall at both O’Hare and Midway on Tuesday. 3.6″ of snow fell at Midway, a new record for February 26th. O’Hare’s 4.8″ was also a record for the date.” Taken from the wgn weather blog Posted on: February 27th, 2013 6:52 AM by Tim McGill “So far this month we have […]
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2013-Spring
Winter Events: Before After As we wrote this article, we are preparing for the first measurable snow event of the 2012-2013 winter season. Before the snowfall, we had the longest stretch of snowless days since 1994. However, we all know that can change in the Midwest and at the Road District we continually plan […]
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2012-Fall
Bridge Replacement cont’d: Existing Proposed We are in the midst of resubmitting plans for the replacement of the Briarwood Lane Bridge within the Plum Grove Estates Subdivision which crosses Salt Creek; and have had many successful meetings with the community to discuss options and designs. The original was […]
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2013-02-26 Winter Storm Update
A WINTER STORM WATCH has been replaced with a WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY for this afternoon and evening… Taken from the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office for Chicago, IL “A potent late-winter storm system will move through the Midwest today and tonight, spreading a mixed bag of rain, sleet and wet snow north across the area this morning. Precipitation […]
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