Heavy Snow in Warrick, Indiana

A strong upper level low moved southeast across Missouri, then east across Kentucky. The heaviest snowfall rates were associated with a deformation zone on the north side of the upper low. For a few hours, snowfall rates were about an inch per hour along an axis from Mount Vernon, Illinois east along the Interstate 64 corridor through southwest Indiana. Numerous vehicle accidents occurred on the snow-covered and slippery roads. Accumulations ranged from about four inches in Evansville and Mount Vernon, IN to seven or eight inches across Pike, Warrick, and Spencer Counties. Gusty winds during the late night hours of the 14th and the morning of the 15th caused substantial blowing and drifting. Drifts were reported up to a few feet in the open farm country of the Lower Wabash Valley. A brief period of light freezing drizzle reportedly occurred in a few spots, but this precipitation type amounted to little more than a trace. There was a fatal accident on State Route 261 in Warrick County. A 49-year-old woman died (indirect fatality) from injuries sustained in a head-on crash.