Lake-Effect Snow, Porter
- When
- January 16, 1:00 PM CST to 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Porter forecast zone
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 41.509, -87.073 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lake-Effect Snow in Indiana, January 16, 2018
A band of heavy lake effect snow moved across Porter County in northwest Indiana during the afternoon and evening of January 16th. 0 inches in Valparaiso.
Where it happened
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- Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- 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 LOT wrote it up.
A band of heavy lake effect snow moved across Porter County in northwest Indiana during the afternoon and evening of January 16th. Storm total snowfall amounts included 8.1 inches 0.6 miles south of Porter; 8.0 inches 2.8 miles east of Portage; 8.0 inches in Burdick; 7.0 inches 4.2 miles east of Chesterton and 6.0 inches in Valparaiso.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 lake-effect snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Extreme Cold and Heavy Snow in Louisiana, January 16 to 17, 2018
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Georgia, January 16 to 17, 2018
- Winter Storm and Extreme Cold in Texas, January 16 to 17, 2018
- Extreme Cold and Sleet in Texas, January 16 to 17, 2018
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Mississippi, January 16 to 17, 2018
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Louisiana, January 16, 2018
- Frost and Freeze and Winter Weather in Texas, January 16 to 17, 2018
- Marine Strong Wind in Eastern Pacific Coastal Waters, January 16, 2018
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 16 to 17, 2018
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Kentucky, January 16, 2018
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Texas, January 16, 2018
- Heavy Snow in Arkansas, January 16, 2018
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, January 2018
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: 734903.