OVERVIEW OF THE EVENT
The first widespread significant snowfall occured across northern Indiana, northwest Ohio and extreme southern Lower Michigan December 8th through the 9th. Light snow began during the afternoon hours and quickly became heavy in many areas by Thursday evening, with snowfall rates of 1 to as much as 2 inches per hour at times. This resulted in most locations picking up between 6 and 8 inches of snow by sunrise on the 9th. Several reports were received of 8 to 9 inches of snow with a few spots picking up around 10 inches. Gusty winds blew the fluffy snow around, causing drifitng of the snow.
SUMMARY OF SNOWFALL REPORTS
LOCATION COUNTY SNOWFALL TOTAL
..SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
ST. JOSEPH BERRIEN 9.0
NILES BERRIEN 8.6
BUCHANAN BERRIEN 8.0
BENTON HARBOR BERRIEN 6.9
2S BENTON HARBOR BERRIEN 6.8
CASSOPOLIS CASS 8.5
SISTER LAKES CASS 8.1
UNION CASS 6.0
BRONSON BRANCH 9.2
QUINCY BRANCH 7.5
WHITE PIGEON ST. JOSEPH 8.0
STURGIS ST. JOSEPH 8.0
THREE RIVERS ST. JOSEPH 7.0
6S HILLSDALE HILLSDALE 7.5
HILLSDALE HILLSDALE 7.0
LITCHFIELD HILLSDALE 6.4
..NORTHERN INDIANA
NWS NORTHERN INDIANA KOSCIUSKO 9.4
2SW NORTH WEBSTER KOSCIUSKO 9.3
SYRACUSE KOSCIUSKO 7.1
3SE WARSAW KOSCIUSKO 7.0
1E WINONA LAKE KOSCIUSKO 6.6
MENTONE KOSCIUSKO 6.0
FISH LAKE LAPORTE 9.0
LA PORTE LAPORTE 7.5
OTIS LAPORTE 7.0
MICHIGAN CITY LAPORTE 6.5
LAPORTE WWTP LAPORTE 6.1
KINGSBURY LAPORTE 5.0
SOUTH BEND AIRPORT ST. JOSEPH 8.2
SIMONTON LAKE ELKHART 9.5
2E ELKHART ELKHART 9.5
GOSHEN ELKHART 9.0
WAKARUSA ELKHART 8.0
ELKHART ELKHART 7.5
2N MILLERSBURG ELKHART 7.2
MILLERSBURG ELKHART 7.0
NAPPANEE ELKHART 7.0
MIDDLEBURY ELKHART 6.0
ROCHESTER FULTON 7.9
METZ STEUBEN 10.0
ANGOLA STEUBEN 8.5
SALEM CENTER STEUBEN 8.0
4N ANGOLA STEUBEN 7.5
2E SALEM CENTER STEUBEN 5.5
5NE FORT WAYNE ALLEN 10.0
5N FORT WAYNE ALLEN 8.7
FORT WAYNE AIRPORT ALLEN 8.4
5N FORT WAYNE ALLEN 8.0
2NW FORT WAYNE ALLEN 8.0
MONROEVILLE ALLEN 6.0
NORTH JUDSON STARKE 6.0
1.5S ALDINE STARKE 4.5
7N COLUMBIA CITY WHITLEY 9.0
COLUMBIA CITY WHITLEY 8.5
COESSE WHITLEY 7.0
MEXICO MIAMI 9.0
LOGANSPORT CASS 8.0
GALVESTON CASS 7.0
ROYAL CENTER CASS 7.0
YOUNG AMERICA CASS 6.0
PLYMOUTH MARSHALL 7.2
BREMEN MARSHALL 7.0
CHALMERS 5W WHITE 7.0
HEADLEE WHITE 7.0
MARION GRANT 6.5
HUNTINGTON HUNTINGTON 8.0
WINIMAC PULASKI 6.0
HARTFORD CITY BLACKFORD 6.1
WATERLOO DEKALB 8.0
AUBURN DEKALB 7.8
3SW ASHLEY DEKALB 6.8
KENDALLVILLE NOBLE 7.0
CROMWELL NOBLE 6.5
OSSIAN WELLS 9.2
LAGRANGE LAGRANGE 9.0
WABASH WABASH 8.0
DECATUR ADAMS 7.0
4E GENEVA ADAMS 8.0
PORTLAND JAY 7.0
..NORTHWEST OHIO
OTTAWA PUTNAM 8.0
COLUMBUS GROVE PUTNAM 6.1
PANDORA PUTNAM 5.5
VAN WERT VAN WERT 7.5
SPENCERVILLE ALLEN 6.0
LIMA ALLEN 5.0
GOMER ALLEN 4.0
MONTPELIER WILLIAMS 7.3
DEFIANCE DEFIANCE 8.0
WAUSEON FULTON 8.0
NAPOLEON HENRY 8.0
PAULDING PAULDING 8.0
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