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Snow Squall Warning, Illinois

Severe

Intense bursts of heavy snow. Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous within minutes.

Ended Wednesday, January 21, 2026.

Issued
Expires
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Places in this warning

Map

Map of Illinois with this warning The Snow Squall Warning covers Morrison, Fulton, Savanna. The weather service drew the area; it is moving east at 52 mph. Moving east at 52 mphI-88I-80US 61US 30MorrisonFultonSavannaThomsonILLINOISIOWA10 mi I-88US 61US 30MorrisonFultonSavannaThomsonILLINOISIOWA10 mi I-88US 61US 30MorrisonFultonSavannaILLINOISIOWA20 mi I-88US 61MorrisonSavannaILLINOISIOWA20 mi
  • This warning
  • Area drawn by the weather service
  • Interstates
  • US highways
  • Moving east at 52 mph
Alert area: National Weather Service. Borders and highways: U.S. Census Bureau. Lakes, rivers and other countries: Natural Earth. Open this area in OpenStreetMap

Details from the National Weather Service

What
Intense bursts of heavy snow. Gusty winds leading to blowing snow and visibility rapidly falling to less than one-quarter mile. Wind gusts greater than 50 mph could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.
Squall now
At 6:58 in the evening, a dangerous snow squall was located along a line extending from near Lanark to near Newton Corners, moving east at 50 mph.
Impacts
Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous within minutes.
Highways
Interstate 88 between mile markers 16 and 22.
Places named
Morrison, Mount Carroll, Fulton, Savanna, Erie, Garden Plain, Fairhaven, Albany, Cordova, Sabula, Chadwick, East Clinton, Argo Fay, Union Grove, Ustick, Thomson, Fenton, Wacker, Ideal, and White Pigeon.
Seen by
Trained spotter.

Updates

  1. Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 21, 2026
  2. Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 21, 2026
  3. Snow Squall Warning issued until Wednesday, 7:15 in the evening. January 21, 2026