Winter Weather in Indiana, December 16 to 17, 2008

Name: Winter Weather in Indiana, December 16 to 17, 2008
Start: 2008-12-16T15:00
End: 2008-12-17T11:00
Location: Indiana

December 16 to 17, 2008 · NWS IWX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Light lake-enhanced snow fell December 16th into early December 17th. Snowfall amounts ranged from 1 to 3 inches.

The toll

Deaths: 2
Injuries: 2
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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 IWX wrote it up.

Light lake-enhanced snow fell December 16th into early December 17th. Snowfall amounts ranged from 1 to 3 inches. This led to icy road conditions and a fatal car crash early December 17th in South Bend.

Event by event

1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, St. Joseph

When: December 16, 3:00 PM EST to December 17, 11:00 AM EST
Where: St. Joseph forecast zone
Deaths: 0 direct, 2 indirect
Injuries: 0 direct, 2 indirect
Reported by: Broadcast Media

Light lake-enhanced snow combined with strong winds led to icy roads late December 16th into the first half of December 17th. Two people were killed and 2 others injured in a crash near the intersection of Cleveland Road and Nadine Street around 11:00 am December 17th. Police said a vehicle traveling eastbound on Cleveland lost control and crossed the center line into the path of a westbound SUV. The 46 year old male driver and his 86 year old female passenger were both killed. The two individuals in the SUV were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Winter Weather, St. Joseph	2008-12-17	86	Female	Vehicle/Towed Trailer	Indirect
Winter Weather, St. Joseph	2008-12-17	46	Male	Vehicle/Towed Trailer	Indirect

What these are

Winter Weather: Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Indiana in 2008 Every state in 2008 This day in weather history Warnings in Indiana, December 2008

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: 140585.