Heavy Snow — Owen, Indiana

2019-12-15 to 2019-12-17 · Owen, Indiana

Event narrative

Snowfall amounts ranged from 3.7 to 5.4 inches across the count with the highest across the northeastern portions of the county. Impacts to travel were significant with evening rush hour call load to 911 dispatch 4 to 6 times the average. There were a total of 60 accidents with 6 injuries that were determined to be related to the snow.

Wider weather episode

A low pressure system brought two periods of heavy snow to central Indiana beginning Sunday afternoon and continuing through Monday night with a break during the day Monday. Snowfall amounts were generally highest around Marion county and the surrounding counties with amounts ranging from 6 to 8 inches. Lower amounts were seen across the rest of central Indiana with some minor icing across south central Indiana. Indiana State Police investigated 336 crashes with 79 causing personal injury. Indianapolis Metro Police Department responded to almost 200 incidents with over 75 slideoffs.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 860768. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.