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Winter storm blasts NW Indiana with heavy lake-effect snow, prompting whiteout conditions

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Published  January 19, 2024 8:01am CST
Porter County
FOX 32 Chicago

Heavy snow swamps northwest Indiana

Heavy snow, whiteout conditions and slick roads are dominating northwest Indiana this Friday.

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. - Northwest Indiana was walloped by a winter storm that dumped at least seven inches of snow and clogged roads Friday morning.

Porter County is under a Winter Storm Warning until noon Friday due to thick bands of lake-effect snow.

Lake-effect snow has restricted visibility down to 500 feet in Michigan City, Indiana. Snow is coming down at a rate of at least 1 to 2 inches an hour.

More snow is expected tonight when a Winter Storm Watch goes into effect from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m. in Porter County. When the snowfall is all totaled up, they could be looking at more than a foot of snow.

Icy conditions caused several truck crashes along Interstate 65 on Friday morning.

Lake-effect snow blasts northwest Indiana

At least seven inches of snow have fallen in Porter County, Indiana since a big winter storm got underway Thursday night.