Event narrative (NOAA)
The largest lake effect snowstorm in several years hit portions of northwestern Indiana. Winds off Lake Michigan started out of the northwest, with the band of snow extending into northern parts of St. Joseph county, where 8 inches of snow was reported at the South Bend Regional Airport. The snow band quickly shifted westward as winds become more northerly, allowing for a single intense band to develop across the length of Lake Michigan. This band became stationary over far western Laporte county for much of Sunday and Sunday evening. Snowfall rates in the center of the band were 2 to 3 inches an hour. A total snowfall of 26 inches was reported in Michigan City where portions of I-94 and the Indiana Toll Road were impassable for several hours. Amounts quickly tapered heading east across th
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.