Drivers encountered treacherous conditions on Friday night in LaPorte County as a lake effect system dumped more than 30 inches of snow in some communities. NBC 5’s Courtney Sisk reports.
A winter system walloped several northwest Indiana communities with more than two feet of snow on Friday, including one neighborhood that saw at least 32 inches.
The snow continued to fall in the late evening as snowfall rates of up to two inches per hour led to slick and snow-covered roads.
Here are the latest snowfall totals as of Friday night:
- Pinola - 32 inches
- Springville - 30.5 inches
- Pine Lake - LaPorte - 28 inches
- Pinola - 27 inches
- Trail Creek - 27 inches
- Waterford - 25 inches
- LaPorte - 25 inches
- Michigan City - 25 inches
- Kingsford Heights - 25 inches
- Waterford - 24.5 inches
- Springville - 24 inches
- Pinola - 24 inches
- Waterford - 24 inches
- LaPorte - 22.3 inches
- Union Mills - 22.8 inches
- Pinola - 22 inches
- Springville - 20 inches
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