National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

December 28 snowfall across southeast Illinois and adjacent areas. Click to enlarge.	December 28 snowfall across the Midwest and Ohio Valley. Click to enlarge.

A fast-moving weather system brought another round of accumulating snow to southeast and east central Illinois during the evening hours on Friday, December 28th.  A low pressure system tracking northeast through the Tennessee Valley spread moisture north into a cold airmass which was in place across the Midwest and Ohio Valley.  By late afternoon snow began to accumulate in southern Illinois, then shifted northeast into eastern Illinois and Indiana during the evening.  Several embedded bands of heavier snow set up, with snowfall rates as high as 1.5 inches per hour.  4 to 6 inch totals were common south of I-70, with isolated amounts around 7 inches near the Wabash Valley. 

Here are some snowfall reports in east central and southeast Illinois from this storm. Stations labeled "COOP" are official NWS observing stations.