Heavy Snow, Lake
- When
- February 18, 3:00 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lake forecast zone
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 41.472, -87.376 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Indiana, February 18, 2000
Snow, sleet, and freezing rain turned to all snow by the afternoon of February 18th and continued through evening, leaving 6 to 9 inches of snow across northern portions of Lake and Porter Counties. 0 inches.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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.
Snow, sleet, and freezing rain turned to all snow by the afternoon of February 18th and continued through evening, leaving 6 to 9 inches of snow across northern portions of Lake and Porter Counties. Crown Point in Lake County reported 9.0 inches. To the south, amounts tapered off to 2 to 4 inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Porter
- When
- February 18, 3:00 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Porter forecast zone
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 41.509, -87.073 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in West Virginia, February 18 to 21, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, February 18 to 21, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, February 18, 2000
- Winter Storm in New York, February 18 to 19, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, February 18, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Pennsylvania, February 18 to 20, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in West Virginia, February 18 to 19, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, February 18 to 19, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kentucky, February 18 to 21, 2000
- Tornado in Arkansas, February 18, 2000
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, February 18, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, February 18, 2000
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, February 2000
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: 5136657, 5136658.