First Significant Snowfall of this Winter Season Blankets the area

Visible satellite image the day after showing the fresh snowfall across the Great Lakes.

Snowfall map depicting the observed snow totals as reported from our network of cooperative observers.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1040 AM EST THU NOV 25 2004

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVED OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO 
VALLEY REGION WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS BROUGHT SEVERE 
WEATHER TO THE OHIO VALLEY AND ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE GREAT LAKES 
REGION. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WERE SITUATED OVER NORTHWEST 
INDIANA AND INTO SOUTHWESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS 
BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW RANGED FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES  
OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA AND INTO NORTHWEST OHIO. LIMA, 
OHIO OFFICIAL ASOS SITE REPORTED 1.84 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION AND 
ONLY 0.03 OF THIS WAS ACTUALLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW. 

REPORTS OF OCCASIONAL BURSTS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WITH 
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER HOUR OCCURRED. STRONG GUSTY 
WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WERE RECORDED, WHICH ALSO LEAD TO VERY LOW 
VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. ALSO TO NOTE, NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THUNDERSNOW 
WERE RECEIVED DURING THIS EVENT.


...TOTAL SNOWFALL REPORTS THROUGH 8 AM EST...

...INDIANA...

COUNTY       CITY              SNOWFALL (IN INCHES)

PULASKI      MEDARYVILLE          7.0   
LA PORTE     ROLLING PRAIRIE      6.8  
STEUBEN      FREMONT              6.5
LA PORTE     KINGSBURY            6.0    
ELKHART      2 NW ELKHART         5.5    
STEUBEN      PLEASANT LAKE        5.0    
STEUBEN      ANGOLA               5.0    
ST JOSEPH    SOUTH BEND AIRPORT   5.0
ELKHART      1 S ELKHART          4.5    
NOBLE        ALBION               4.2    
ST JOSEPH    NORTH LIBERTY        4.0
LA PORTE     LA PORTE             3.7
KOSCIUSKO    WARSAW               3.5
DEKALB       ASHLEY               3.3    
WHITE        HEADLEE              3.0
STARKE       KNOX                 2 TO 3 
NOBLE        LAOTTO               2.5    
FULTON       ROCHESTER            2.4    
KOSCIUSKO    NORTH WEBSTER        2.2    
HUNTINGTON   HUNTINGTON           2.2    
KOSCIUSKO    SYRACUSE             2.0
WABASH       WABASH               2.0 
GRANT        MARION               2.0   
ALLEN        5 NE FORT WAYNE      1.4    
ALLEN        FORT WAYNE AIRPORT   1.3    
CASS         LOGANSPORT           1.3    
ADAMS        DECATUR              1.0    

...SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...

COUNTY       CITY              SNOWFALL (IN INCHES)

BERRIEN      BUCHANAN             7.0    
BERRIEN      BERRIEN SPRINGS      5.8    
BERRIEN      1 S NILES            6.0    
CASS         CASSOPOLIS           4 TO 6 
CASS         4 E NILES            5.6    
ST JOSEPH    STURGIS              5.2    
HILLSDALE    LITCHFIELD           4.5    

...OHIO...

COUNTY       CITY              SNOWFALL (IN INCHES)        

DEFIANCE     HICKSVILLE           1.0
PUTNAM       COLUMBUS GROVE       0.4    
FULTON       WAUSEON              0.3    


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THOSE REPORTING 
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...AND ENCOURAGES ADDITIONAL REPORTS THROUGHOUT THE 
WINTER SEASON.

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WAMSLEY