Noble storm history

Police say 50-year-old JJ Reyes was driving the car with his two daughters, 15-year-old Zulia Reyes and 13-year-old Valeria Reyes. He approached a curve on the snowy road and lost control of the vehicle. Police say it appears his speed was too fast for the conditions. The car sli…

Snow overspread around daybreak on January 28th and continued through early January 29th. Some freezing drizzle did mix in during the late afternoon and evening hours. Total snow accumulations across the county ranged between 3 and 5 inches. This in tandem with 30 mph wind gusts …

The snow was a contributing factor to a 2-car accident in Noble County. A SUV carrying four passengers collided with another vehicle after crossing the centerline. Fatalities included a 28-year-old male and his 5-year-old son. Two other passengers, the 24-year-old wife of the dri…

Moderate to heavy snow developed during the late morning hours of November 29th and continued through the early morning hours of November 30th. This was a wet snow with total snow accumulations generally ranging between 6 and 10 inches. There was a report of 6.5 inches in Cromwel…

Siding and roof damage at the Noble County highway department.

Photo received of a tree down and some siding removed from a house.

A mobile home was removed from its foundation.

Several large trees uprooted. Moderate shingle damage.

A mix of freezing rain and snow overspread the area during the mid to late afternoon hours and continued through the evening before dissipating after midnight. A trained spotter reported storm total ice accumulations around one tenth of an inch one mile west northwest of Swan, IN…

Cold, below freezing, temperatures and road surfaces led to icy roads and sidewalks once periods of freezing rain and freezing drizzle developed. A few thunderstorms even developed dropping heavier freezing rain and small hail late in the evening into the early morning hours of F…

Photos on Twitter of numerous large branches down and a couple of trees down near Cree Lake.

Several reports of 3 inch hail on Facebook.

Damage to cars, windows, and siding in Kendallville due to 3 inch hail stones.

Several healthy tree branches around 12 inches in diameter broken and a couple trees uprooted. Some siding damaged from wind driven hail.

Large tree, estimate 1 to 2 feet in diameter, uprooted in Albion.

The combination of temperatures in the single digits below zero and gusty southwest winds of around 20 mph produced minimum wind chills of 25 to 35 below zero during the morning hours. A wind chill of 33 below zero was reported by a mesonet station in Ligonier, IN at 8:05am on Ja…

A few rounds of snowfall occurred across the area. The first period of snow was during the daytime of January 12th. After a lull during the evening hours of January 12th, lake enhanced and lake effect snow moved back in during the early morning hours of January 13th. Storm total …

Picture shared on social media of several hailstones, possibly just over an inch in diameter.

A 12 inch diameter was down on SR 9.

Tree down in Ligonier.

Several healthy 1 foot diameter tree limbs were downed.

An 18 inch diameter tree was snapped at Kenny Park. Tree appeared healthy.

Heavy wet snow, wind gusts of 30 to 50 mph, and visibilities reduced to less than a quarter of a mile at times created difficult travel. There were a few reports of power outages and wind damage across the region. Storm total snow accumulations generally ranged between 3 and 6 in…

A wet, heavy, snow created difficult travel with reports of slide-offs, accidents and school closings on January 25th. The snow was heavy at times with inch per hour snowfall rates and visibilities less than a quarter of a mile observed. Snowfall generally ranged between 5 and 7 …

An arctic front brought sub-zero temperatures and strong wind gusts to 40 to 50 mph. This combination resulted in dangerous wind chills of 25 to 35 below zero from the early morning hours on December 23rd to the early morning hours on December 24th.

A major winter storm brought snow and blowing snow that led to very dangerous travel conditions from late Thursday night through Saturday morning. Storm snowfall of 2 to 4 inches occurred Thursday night into Friday afternoon, but strong wind gusts of 50 mph and blowing snow led t…

A lake effect snow band clipped western Noble County with 1 to 3 inches of heavy wet snow. This combined with leaves on tress led to several reports of downed trees and power outages in these areas. Roads also became snow covered for a time with a few accidents reported across th…

Several large tree limbs fell at a residence on 1150 North. In addition, a outbuilding suffered metal roof damage.

A tree is down onto power lines.

A survey of damage from emergency management officials indicated the swath of damage from Kosciusko county persisted southeast, clipping the southwest portion of Noble county. The damage extended from south of Cromwell towards Knapp Lake, Smalley Lake and Big Lake and towards Mer…

A trained spotter reported a tree branch was blown down.

Light to moderate snow moved across the area during the late afternoon and early evening hours of February 24th. Snow accumulations around 1 inch were reported during the late afternoon and early evening of February 24th before precipitation changed over to freezing drizzle. The …

Rain changed to a brief period of sleet and freezing rain, and then over to all snow during the late afternoon hours of February 17th. The snow, moderate to heavy at times, continued into the evening hours. Heavy snowfall rates reduced visibilities to less than a quarter of a mil…

Rain changed over to snow early in the morning on February 2nd, with periods of moderate to heavy snow continuing through the late evening hours of February 3rd. Winds also picked up on February 3rd which led to significant blowing and drifting. There was a report of 12.5 inches …

Periods of freezing drizzle with temperatures in the upper 20s created icy roads on January 17th. There were numerous reports of rollovers and slide-offs, with a few roads briefly closed in the region due to accidents. A thin glaze of ice also developed on sidewalks, with some mi…