Lake-Effect Snow, Lake
- When
- January 20, 5:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lake forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 41.472, -87.376 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lake-Effect Snow in Indiana, January 20, 2019
A band of lake effect snow moved into Lake County Indiana during the morning of January 20th producing heavy snow. Accidents were reported along Interstate 80/94.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 lake effect snow moved into Lake County Indiana during the morning of January 20th producing heavy snow. Accidents were reported along Interstate 80/94. Storm total snowfall amounts included 6.5 inches two miles southwest of East Chicago and 6.0 inches at the Gary Airport.
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
- High Wind and Strong Wind in California, January 20 to 21, 2019
- High Wind in North Carolina, January 20 to 21, 2019
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Nevada, January 20 to 21, 2019
- Cold in North Carolina, January 20 to 21, 2019
- Extreme Cold in Pennsylvania, January 20 to 21, 2019
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, January 20 to 21, 2019
- High Wind in Virginia, January 20 to 21, 2019
- Coastal Flood in New York, January 20, 2019
- High Wind in North Carolina, January 20, 2019
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Nevada, January 20 to 21, 2019
- Extreme Cold in West Virginia, January 20 to 21, 2019
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Montana, January 20 to 21, 2019
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, January 2019
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: 797319.