Lake-Effect snow squalls and showers affected much of far northwest Indiana and southwest lower Michigan November 17th into very early November 18th. This was a result of arctic air overriding warm lake waters behind a strong cold front.
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.
Lake-Effect snow squalls and showers affected much of far northwest Indiana and southwest lower Michigan November 17th into very early November 18th. This was a result of arctic air overriding warm lake waters behind a strong cold front.
1 lake-effect snow. Local standard time, as filed.
A spotter reported a snowfall total of 5.8 in Niles, MI. The bulk of the snow fell late November 17th into the first half of November 18th as a single lake-effect band (Type 3 Lake Event Snow) set up over Berrien County. The snow created icy roads with a few reports of traffic accidents.
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