National Weather Service meteorologist Bruce Sullivan says that Marengo, IL got 12 inches overnight and snow was still falling.
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In Indianapolis, the city activated its snow plows Saturday afternoon as a line of moderate to heavy snow showers swept across the area, covering rooftops and lawns with about a third of an inch of snow. Chicago can expect to see snow by Friday evening, with the heaviest snowfall touching ground between late Friday night and early Saturday morning. Grand Rapids had about 3 inches. Tractor-trailers pulled off slow-moving interstates in South Dakota on Friday to park for the day, said Bret Brown, a cashier at Roadway Express truck stop in Sioux Falls.
About 60 miles northwest of Chicago, the village of Capron had received 14.6 inches by midmorning Saturday, spurring village employee Robert Lukes into action clearing sidewalks with his snowblower in the community of about 1,400 people.
Roads were slushy as freezing rain turned to snow in the Chicago area, which was forecast to get between six and 10 inches. Chicago’s Midway worldwide Airport had canceled about 150 flights.
Southern South Dakota saw significant snowfall and poor traveling conditions Friday morning, with a foot or more of snow expected.
The airport also broke snowfall totals on Friday, with 4.2 inches. Bridger Wagner, de 3 años, juega en la nieve frente a su casa durante la primera nevada de la temporada, el viernes 20 de noviembre de 2015, en Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
The snow is expected to continue Saturday through IL, IN and MI but the front will move into Canada by Sunday, the weather service says.
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Winter storm warnings continue from parts of northern IL, southern Wisconsin, northern IN and southern Lower MI, including the Quad Cities, Rockford, Milwaukee, Chicago, South Bend and the north and west Detroit suburbs.
