Light snow began during the mid evening hours on New Years Eve of 2007. However, significant travel problems and accumulations did not begin until shortly after midnight of New Years Day.
Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS IWX wrote it up.
Light snow began during the mid evening hours on New Years Eve of 2007. However, significant travel problems and accumulations did not begin until shortly after midnight of New Years Day. Heavy snow fell across portions of northern Indiana. Many locations seen on the order of 6 to 9 inches across the area. However, a mesoscale band developed and allowed for a swath of accumulations from 9 to 12 inches from portions of Marshall county into Elkhart and Lagrange counties. In addition, lake enhanced snow bands developed, bring additional accumulatins to extreme northwestern portions of the area. Isolated totals exceeding 2 feet were reported when the event finally wound down.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 31, 6:27 PM EST, 5 hours 33 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 418 AM EST MON DEC 31 2007 INZ003>005-012-014-MIZ077-078-011000- LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-STARKE-MARSHALL-BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH... BREMEN...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC... CASSOPOLIS 418 AM EST MON DEC 31 2007 /318 AM CST MON DEC 31 2007/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MORNING. INCREASING WINDS OVERNIGHT FROM THE NORTH WILL PROMOTE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WELL INTO TUESDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND VERY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. WINDS ON TUESDAY MAY APPROACH SUSTAINED LEVELS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOWFALL RATES AND ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX LMZ043-046-011000- NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI- 418 AM EST MON DEC 31 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE MONDAY NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH STRONG WINDS AND HIGH WAVES. WIND GUSTS MAY APPROACH GALE FORCE LEVELS ON TUESDAY. ALSO...FREEZING SPRAY IS LIKELY DURING THIS PERIOD. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/PROGRAMAREAS/MARINE/INDEX.PHP INZ006>009-013-015>018-020-022>025-MIZ079>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015- 011000- LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY- ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH- HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...WINAMAC... FRANCESVILLE...ROCHESTER...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT... PERU...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...STURGIS... THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER...HILLSDALE...BRYAN...MONTPELIER... WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...PAULDING...ANTWERP 418 AM EST MON DEC 31 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MORNING. INCREASING WINDS OVERNIGHT FROM THE NORTH WILL PROMOTE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WELL INTO TUESDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND VERY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. WINDS ON TUESDAY MAY APPROACH SUSTAINED LEVELS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOWFALL RATES AND ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX INZ026-027-032>034-OHZ016-024-025-011000- WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE... MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...OTTAWA...PANDORA... VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA 418 AM EST MON DEC 31 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHERN INDIANA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MORNING. INCREASING WINDS OVERNIGHT FROM THE NORTH WILL PROMOTE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WELL INTO TUESDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND VERY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. WINDS ON TUESDAY MAY APPROACH SUSTAINED LEVELS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOWFALL RATES AND ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX SCHOTT
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
10 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall amounts varied greatly across the county, ranging from around 9 inches in the southeast part of the county, to nearly 20 inches in Elkhart. The higher amounts found in northwest parts of the county were attributted to lake enhanced snowfall behind the storm system.
The majority of the county seen six to eight inches of snow, with a few locations in the north seeing between ten and twelve inches.
Eight to twelve inches of snow was reported across the county. An accident on the Indiana Toll Road claimed the lives of two Bowling Green State University students. Two women, ages 25 and 26, were ejected from the minivan they were travelling in, along with 4 other passengers. The vehicle landed on one of the women, killing her instantly with the other being thrown into oncoming traffic and subsequently struck. Two males in the van suffered minor head injuries.
Seven to eleven inches of snow fell across the county.
Snowfall amounts varied greatly across the county as lake enhanced snowfall allowed for significantly higher accumulations in northwestern parts of the county. Southeastern parts of the county seen between eight and eleven inches of snow, with amounts increasing to 25 inches in the far northwestern part of the county at New Carlisle.
Nine to eleven inches of snow fell across the county.
Six to nine inches of snow fell across the county.
Six to ten inches of snow fell across the county.
Six to eight inches of snow fell across the county.
Snowfall amounts varied greatly across the county as lake enhanced snowfall allowed for significantly higher accumulations in northern parts of the county. Southern parts of the county seen around 11 inches of snow with amounts rapidly increasing north and west. The highest amount was Rolling Prairie with nearly 2 feet of snow.
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 Storm, Steuben | 2008-01-02 | 25 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
| Winter Storm, Steuben | 2008-01-02 | 26 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, January 2008
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: 76731, 76732, 76735, 76737, 76742, 76743, 76744, 76745, 76746, 76738.