Winter Storm in Kosciusko, Indiana

Spotters reported three to six inches of snow, along with up to a quarter inch of sleet, causing slippery conditions. A 78 year old woman was killed in a car accident when her vehicle collided with a SUV on slippery roads. The woman's vehicle than impacted a tree.

Strong low pressure tracked from Arkansas into central Ohio, bringing a swath of precipitation to all of northern Indiana. A band of heavy snow, with amounts ranging from six to ten inches, extended from Cass county Indiana northeast through Whitley and Allen counties. Some sleet was also mixed in with higher amounts noted north and south of the heavy snow. Drier air allowed for lighter snow amounts and a bit more in the way of sleet into northwestern Indiana where amounts were in the one to four inch range. At least one fatality was reported in the area when a 78 year old Kosciusko county resident was killed when her car was struck by another, sending the woman's vehicle into a tree. She was pronounced dead at a local hospital.