Lake-Effect Snow, Porter
- When
- January 18, 8:00 PM CST to January 20, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Porter forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 41.509, -87.073 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lake-Effect Snow in Indiana, January 18 to 20, 2009
Lake effect snow developed late in the evening on January 18th over Porter County and then shifted west across Lake County during the early morning hours of January 20th. The lake effect snow ended during the evening hours of January 20th.
Where it happened
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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.
Lake effect snow developed late in the evening on January 18th over Porter County and then shifted west across Lake County during the early morning hours of January 20th. The lake effect snow ended during the evening hours of January 20th. Storm total snowfall amounts included 15.0 inches in Burdick, 14.0 inches 2 miles east of Chesterton, 10.8 inches near Valparaiso, 8.0 inches in Whiting, 6.4 inches in Highland and 6.2 inches in Schererville.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 lake-effect snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Lake-Effect Snow, Lake
- When
- January 20, 12:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lake forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 41.472, -87.376 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Lake-Effect Snow
- Heavy snow in bands downwind of a large lake as cold air crosses warmer water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Weather in Delaware, January 18, 2009
- Lake-Effect Snow in Pennsylvania, January 18 to 19, 2009
- Lake-Effect Snow in Ohio, January 18, 2009
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, January 18, 2009
- Winter Weather in Illinois, January 18 to 19, 2009
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New York, January 18, 2009
- Heavy Snow in Maine, January 18, 2009
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, January 18, 2009
- Heavy Snow in Maine, January 18 to 19, 2009
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, January 18, 2009
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 18 to 21, 2009
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, January 18 to 19, 2009
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, January 2009
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 150308, 150307.