Winter Weather — Putnam, Indiana

2016-02-14 · Putnam, Indiana

Event narrative

WXIN reported that the Indiana State Police worked 50 property damaging crashes, 3 crashes that resulted in injury, and 8 slide-offs due to snowfall in the area. Some of Interstate 70 had to shut down.

Wider weather episode

An upper level system brought snow to central Indiana during the day on February 14. Many locations received 1 to 3 inches of snow, but a few areas had 4 to 5 inches. The snow caused many automobile accidents on area roads, including a couple of pile-ups on interstates.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 622024. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.