Winter Storm Watch, Illinois
SevereIn excess of 12 inches of snow, and northerly wind gusts in excess of 30 mph are possible. Snow rates in excess of 3 inches per hour may cripple travel.
Ended Sunday, November 9, 2025.
Replaced by the Winter Storm Warning on Sunday, November 9, 1:35 in the afternoon.
- Issued
- Expires
- Updated
Places in this watch
- Waukegan
- Buffalo Grove
- Mundelein
- North Chicago
- Gurnee
- Highland Park
- Round Lake Beach
- Vernon Hills
- Zion
- Grayslake
- Libertyville
- Lake Zurich
- Lake Forest
- Deerfield
- Round Lake
- Antioch
- Lindenhurst
- Beach Park
- Wauconda
- Fox Lake
- Gages Lake
- Hawthorn Woods
- Lake Villa
- Long Grove
- Lincolnshire
- Park City
- Round Lake Park
- Winthrop Harbor
- Volo
- Lake Bluff
- Grandwood Park
- Lake Barrington
- Highwood
- Green Oaks
- Kildeer
- Riverwoods
- Deer Park
- Long Lake
- Hainesville
- Wadsworth
- North Barrington
- Venetian Village
- Fox Lake Hills
- Round Lake Heights
- Knollwood
- Forest Lake
- Port Barrington
- Channel Lake
- Lake Catherine
- Tower Lakes
- Third Lake
- Bannockburn
- Indian Creek
- Mettawa
- Old Mill Creek
Map
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Details from the National Weather Service
- What
- Dangerous to impossible travel conditions due to intense lake effect snow possible. Snow rates in excess of 3 inches per hour, localized snow accumulations in excess of 12 inches, and northerly wind gusts in excess of 30 mph are possible.
- Where
- Lake IL County.
- When
- From 9 at night this evening through late tonight.
- Impacts
- Snow rates in excess of 3 inches per hour may cripple travel. Strong northerly wind gusts in excess of 30 mph may lead to greatly reduced visibility, especially near the Lake Michigan shoreline.
- Additional details
- Lake effect snow is often very localized, with conditions varying from safe to dangerous across just a few miles. The highest snow totals, should the lake effect snow impact Lake County, would occur near and east of Interstate 94 with considerably less snow on the western side of the county.
Updates
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. November 9, 2025
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Winter Storm Watch issued until Monday, 1 in the morning. November 9, 2025