Powerful Winter Storm Impacting the Stateline Sunday Night

 9:30pm Update: Moderate to heavy snow continues to fall from southeast Wisconsin back through Dixon this evening.  Snow totals range anywhere from six to eleven inches where the heaviest snow occurred Sunday afternoon and evening.  Moderate to heavy snow will continue through Midnight before shifting east early Monday morning.  Snow plows have been pulled off the roads in Whiteside, Lee and Ogle counties and the Lee County Sheriff's department says due to very hazardous county road conditions county squad cars are not able to make it down township or county roads.  If you get stuck on any secondary roads, you will need to find another way to get out.  Most tow trucks are not able to reach people either.


A Blizzard Warning remains in effect for the following counties: Boone, McHenry, Ogle, Lee, DeKalb, Carroll and Whiteside counties while a Winter Storm Warning remains in effect for Winnebago, Stephenson, Jo Daviess, Rock and Walworth counties.

Heavy snow continues to move into northern Illinois and southeast Wisconsin, but a sharp cut-off in the snow is occurring over parts of Jo
Daviess, Stephenson (with Lena reporting only very light snow and no snow in Orangeville) to Monroe.  Snowfall totals range already from six to nine inches of snow with many likely receiving over a foot of snow when this is all said and done!

Winds are also increasing from the northeast, gusting to 40mph in some locations.  Blizzard conditions will continue to expand further into northern Illinois through Sunday night.  The snow will come to an end between 3am and 5am

Monday morning, but the impact will likely still be felt with blowing and drifting snow through the morning commute.

Travel is NOT advised this evening as roads are completely snow covered and snow plows may have a hard time keeping up until the snow has lightened up a little.  Thundersnow has also been reported over parts of Lee, DeKalb and southern Ogle counties this evening.  Any thundersnow that does occur will only work to increase snowfall rates and intensity.