Winter Storm, Lake
- When
- January 9, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lake forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.472, -87.376 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Indiana, January 9, 1997
On January 9th 5 to 10 inches of snow fell across northwest and north central Indiana. 8 inches at LaPorte and 10 inches at Monticello.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 11 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS LOT wrote it up.
On January 9th 5 to 10 inches of snow fell across northwest and north central Indiana. Some snowfall ammounts were 7.5 inches at South Bend, 6.8 inches at LaPorte and 10 inches at Monticello.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
14 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Porter
- When
- January 9, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Porter forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.509, -87.073 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, La Porte
- When
- January 9, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- La Porte forecast zone
Winter Storm, St. Joseph
- When
- January 9, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- St. Joseph forecast zone
Winter Storm, Elkhart
- When
- January 9, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Elkhart forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.597, -85.859 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Newton
- When
- January 9, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Newton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.956, -87.397 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Jasper
- When
- January 9, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Jasper forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.023, -87.116 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Starke
- When
- January 9, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Starke forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.281, -86.648 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Pulaski
- When
- January 9, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pulaski forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.042, -86.699 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Marshall
- When
- January 9, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Marshall forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.325, -86.262 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Fulton
- When
- January 9, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fulton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.047, -86.264 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Kosciusko
- When
- January 9, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Kosciusko forecast zone
Winter Storm, Benton
- When
- January 9, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Benton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.606, -87.311 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, White
- When
- January 9, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- White forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -86.865 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Blizzard in North Dakota, January 9 to 11, 1997
- Blizzard in South Dakota, January 9 to 10, 1997
- Winter Weather in New York, January 9, 1997
- Blizzard in Minnesota, January 9 to 10, 1997
- Blizzard in North Dakota, January 9 to 10, 1997
- Cold in Ohio, January 9, 1997
- Blizzard in South Dakota, January 9 to 11, 1997
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, January 9, 1997
- Blizzard in Iowa, January 9 to 11, 1997
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 9 to 10, 1997
- Ice Storm in South Carolina, January 9, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, January 9, 1997
More
Every storm in Indiana in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, January 1997
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5586587, 5586588, 5586589, 5586590, 5586591, 5590446, 5590447, 5590448, 5590449, 5590450, 5590451, 5590452, 5590453, 5590454.