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Snow Falls Again
About five inches of snow hit region in about 11 hours.
Jason Miller
The News-Dispatch
MICHIGAN CITY - Ja'Varrie Oliver and his brothers Amere and Oscar Potts, spent their two-hour school delay shoveling out the more than three inches of snow in their Carroll Avenue driveway Wednesday.
But their brief reprieve from school wasn't spent solely on work.
Every few minutes, 7-year-old Oscar would roll up a solid ball of snow and throw it at one of his brothers, leading to a brief, but all-out, snowball fight.
"I love making snow angels and jumping around in it," said 11-year-old Ja'Varrie, as the three took a break from shoveling. "The snow is great. It's a little cold, though."
La Porte County and much of Northwest Indiana was blanketed with up to five inches of snow from a storm that passed through the region beginning around 6 p.m. Tuesday and ending around 5 a.m. Wednesday.
The storm brought nearly five inches to places like Furnessville, in Porter County, and made roads and streets throughout the area dangerous at times.
The first real snow of the year, though, could have been worse on drivers if not for two key factors.
"There really wasn't any wind so the snow didn't drift, which is usually the big problem," La Porte County Highway Superintendent Bob Young said Wednesday. "So that was a big break. And I think the ice storm we had Saturday kind of got people prepared for winter again."
Young said county snowplows began working at 7 p.m. Tuesday and stopped around midnight, before hitting the roads again around 4 a.m. Wednesday.
According to the National Weather Service office in Syracuse, Ind., Tuesday's storm was the product of a highly potent "clipper" system.
Meteorologist Benjamin Schott said clippers usually bring only a few inches of snow, but Tuesday's system brought between three and seven inches to areas in a line that stretched from Michigan City to Warsaw, Ind.
Fish Lake and Rolling Prairie reported seven inches of snow, Schott said.
"Typically these systems bring much lighter amounts, but this one had quite a bit more potency," Schott said.
Schott said the area can expect another system Thursday night that should bring between two and three inches of snow. Another possible storm is brewing in the Southwest, he said, but meteorologists are yet uncertain as to how that system will effect the area.
At least five vehicles slid off snow-covered roads during the storm, including a car driven by a young woman who apparently slid off a snowy County Road 600 East and rolled into a cornfield.
According to the La Porte County Sheriff's Department, there were "several incidents" reported throughout the night and into early Wednesday. Most were property damage accidents, including two in which cars became entangled in downed power lines from fall utility poles.
About five inches of snow hit region in about 11 hours.
Jason Miller
The News-Dispatch
MICHIGAN CITY - Ja'Varrie Oliver and his brothers Amere and Oscar Potts, spent their two-hour school delay shoveling out the more than three inches of snow in their Carroll Avenue driveway Wednesday.
But their brief reprieve from school wasn't spent solely on work.
Every few minutes, 7-year-old Oscar would roll up a solid ball of snow and throw it at one of his brothers, leading to a brief, but all-out, snowball fight.
"I love making snow angels and jumping around in it," said 11-year-old Ja'Varrie, as the three took a break from shoveling. "The snow is great. It's a little cold, though."
La Porte County and much of Northwest Indiana was blanketed with up to five inches of snow from a storm that passed through the region beginning around 6 p.m. Tuesday and ending around 5 a.m. Wednesday.
The storm brought nearly five inches to places like Furnessville, in Porter County, and made roads and streets throughout the area dangerous at times.
The first real snow of the year, though, could have been worse on drivers if not for two key factors.
"There really wasn't any wind so the snow didn't drift, which is usually the big problem," La Porte County Highway Superintendent Bob Young said Wednesday. "So that was a big break. And I think the ice storm we had Saturday kind of got people prepared for winter again."
Young said county snowplows began working at 7 p.m. Tuesday and stopped around midnight, before hitting the roads again around 4 a.m. Wednesday.
According to the National Weather Service office in Syracuse, Ind., Tuesday's storm was the product of a highly potent "clipper" system.
Meteorologist Benjamin Schott said clippers usually bring only a few inches of snow, but Tuesday's system brought between three and seven inches to areas in a line that stretched from Michigan City to Warsaw, Ind.
Fish Lake and Rolling Prairie reported seven inches of snow, Schott said.
"Typically these systems bring much lighter amounts, but this one had quite a bit more potency," Schott said.
Schott said the area can expect another system Thursday night that should bring between two and three inches of snow. Another possible storm is brewing in the Southwest, he said, but meteorologists are yet uncertain as to how that system will effect the area.
At least five vehicles slid off snow-covered roads during the storm, including a car driven by a young woman who apparently slid off a snowy County Road 600 East and rolled into a cornfield.
According to the La Porte County Sheriff's Department, there were "several incidents" reported throughout the night and into early Wednesday. Most were property damage accidents, including two in which cars became entangled in downed power lines from fall utility poles.
