VIDEO: Snow scenes in Arlington Heights during the height of the Lake Effect Snow about midnight Christmas AND a snow monster sighting in northern Arlington Heights! The Cardinal — Arlingtoncardinal.com wishes you a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays! and Happy New Year!
A monster of a lake effect snow hit northern Cook County and Lake County Christmas night. The heaviest lake effect snow was up near the Illinois-Wisconsin border with about 10 inches, but Arlington Heights also had a good amount of lake effect snow with just under 6 inches falling.
Snow amounts
Kenosha … 10.3 inches
Beach Park … 9.9 inches
Gurnee … 8.0 inches
Northbrook … 7.1 inches
Lincolnshire-Riverwoods … 7.0 inches
Waukegan … 6.8 inches
Evanston … 6.1 inches
Arlington Heights 5.75 inches
Morton Grove … 4.8 inches
O’Hare International Airport 3.7 inches
Inverness … 3.6 inches
Elk Grove Village 3.1 inches
Stickney … 2.8 inches
Downers Grove … 1.8 inches
Fox Lake … 1.6 inches
Burr Ridge … 1.6 inches
Willowbrook … 1.5 inches
Midway International AIrport … 1.3 inches
Plainfield … 1.0 inches
Peotone … 0.2 inches
Traffic was heavy about 10:30 p.m. for those going home from family Christmas gathering and snow was falling heavy with quarter-mile visibilities with snow falling at a rate of one to three inches per hour.
Three crashes occurred late night in Arlington Heights — a hit-and-run at Rand Road west of Hintz Road just before 10:00 p.m., a crash at Lake Cook and Wilke Road about 10:20 p.m., and a crash at Vail Avenue and Northwest Highway just about 11:10 p.m. All crashes involved injuries. At the hit-and-run crash at Rand west of Hintz Road, one driver fled on foot into the cemetery north of Rand Road. Police had a decent track on the male driver with two K-9 units, but he may have gotten into a car that picked him up on Kennicott just North of Hintz Road. Police called off the search after about one hour.
One car also slid into a ditch off of Palatine Road, just east of Route 53 about 11:20 p.m.
VIDEO: Monster Storm Heads for Mid-Atlantic, Northeast … 20 inches possible in some areas.
A band of frigid weather snaking its way up the East Coast Sunday threatened to bring blizzards and a foot of snow to New York City and New England, while several states to the South made emergency declarations. New York City has a Blizzard Warning Sunday with Winter Storm Warnings covering areas from Georgia to New England. Major airlines canceled many flights.
Before heading heading to the Mid-Atlantic and New England, a monster winter storm dumped several inches of snow on Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
The music, the movie effects of the ‘Snow Monster in Arlington Heights’ are just awesome! :) This video should go for a production. –Best wishes and Happy New Year to my favorite news in AH! …Thanks for the great coverage of all the events that happen in our town.