Winter Weather in Eastern St. Joseph County, Indiana

The combination of periods of moderate to heavy lake effect snow and gusty winds of 30 to 40 mph led to significantly reduced visibilities at times along with slick road conditions. A CoCoRaHS observer 1.8 ENE of Granger reported 6.0 inches of snow. Outside of this specific location, snowfall amounts ranged from 2 to 4 inches. Numerous accidents and slide-offs were reported.

In the wake of a cold front that produced widespread 60 mph wind gusts and severe thunderstorms, lake effect snow developed. Periods of significantly reduced visibilities were noted well inland across portions of La Porte, St. Joseph, and Elkhart Counties across northern Indiana due to the combination of snow and strong wind gusts. Storm total snowfall amount were generally in the 2 to 5 inch range across these locations with locally higher amount closer to 6 inches closer to the Indiana Michigan stateline.