Showers and thunderstorms pose a risk for a couple of tornadoes, occasional damaging gusts, and some scattered flash flooding along the central Gulf Coast. A Pacific storm system continues to bring gusty winds, lower elevation rain, and hazardous mountain snow to the northwestern U.S.. Read More >
Overview
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An area of low pressure brought snow to central Indiana late on April 1. Some areas received around 6 inches of snow. The 2.1 inches of snow at Indianapolis set a record for the date. The snow was also the most ever recorded on an Easter Sunday. |
 Snow at the NWS Office the Morning of April 2 |
Snow/Ice
Below is a map of snowfall for the event. A text listing of reports received is below the map. Please note the map is a generalized depiction of snowfall and may not match the snowfall at your location.
Public Information Statement National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 1148 AM EDT Mon Apr 2 2018 ...Snowfall Reports from April 1 2018... Location Amount Time/Date Provider ...Indiana... ...Bartholomew County... Taylorsville 1.0 in 0430 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Columbus Wastewater Treatmen 0.5 in 0700 AM 04/02 COOP ...Boone County... 2 SW Sheridan 5.5 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 3 N Ulen 5.5 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 3 SW Thorntown 5.1 in 0600 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Lebanon 4.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COOP 1 E New Ross 3.1 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Brown County... 2 SE Beanblossom 1.1 in 0600 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 6 W Nashville 0.8 in 1000 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Carroll County... Burlington 4.5 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Flora 4.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COOP ...Clay County... 3 ENE Jasonville 1.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Clinton County... Rossville 6.0 in 1000 PM 04/01 Public 4 NNE Frankfort 6.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Daviess County... 1 NW Washington 0.3 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Decatur County... Millhousen 0.5 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 2 E Greensburg 0.1 in 1200 AM 04/02 COOP ...Delaware County... 1 N Ball State University 4.5 in 0800 AM 04/02 Public 1 NW Yorktown 3.8 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Muncie Waterworks 3.5 in 0700 AM 04/02 COOP 1 ESE Muncie 2.1 in 0524 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Greene County... Bloomfield Waterworks 0.3 in 0800 AM 04/02 COOP ...Hamilton County... 5 SW Tipton 4.5 in 0530 AM 04/02 COOP 1 NNE Carmel 3.4 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 2 NE Mccordsville 3.3 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 2 NNE Fishers 3.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 4 NW Lapel 3.0 in 0800 AM 04/02 COCORAHS White River North Purificati 2.7 in 0800 AM 04/02 COOP ...Hancock County... Greenfield 1.0 in 0800 AM 04/02 COOP ...Hendricks County... 4 S Brownsburg 2.7 in 0600 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Jamestown 2.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COOP 2 W Plainfield 2.0 in 0900 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Henry County... 3 W New Castle 2.8 in 0600 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Spiceland 1.8 in 0500 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 1 ENE Lewisville 1.3 in 0800 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Howard County... (k9vez)indian Heights 3.6 W 5.8 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS (kc9dhf)kokomo 4.4 E 5.1 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 3 ENE Indian Heights 5.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS (kc9iyd)kokomo 4.0 WNW 5.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Kokomo 5.0 in 1020 PM 04/01 Public ...Johnson County... 4 WSW Greenwood 2.0 in 0520 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Franklin 2e 1.9 in 0700 AM 04/02 COOP ...Knox County... Vincennes 4 E 0.6 in 0700 AM 04/02 COOP 5 NE Vincennes 0.1 in 0800 AM 04/02 COOP ...Lawrence County... Williams Dam 0.6 in 0700 AM 04/02 UCOOP 4 E Mitchell 0.5 in 0730 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Purdue Experiment Farm 0.2 in 0700 AM 04/02 COOP ...Madison County... 2 S Anderson 3.5 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Marion County... 4 S Zionsville 3.5 in 0900 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Castleton 2s 2.7 in 0700 AM 04/02 COOP 2 S Castleton 2.6 in 1230 AM 04/02 Public 4 SW Zionsville 2.6 in 1243 AM 04/02 Public 2 WSW Speedway 2.3 in 0730 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Indianapolis WFO 2.1 in 1200 AM 04/02 COOP 4 NNE Camby 2.1 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 2 S Monument Circle 1.9 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 3 WSW Homecroft 1.5 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 5 S Speedway 1.4 in 0800 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Meridian Hills 1.4 in 0530 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Martin County... Williams 0.6 in 0700 AM 04/02 COOP ...Monroe County... Ellettsville 1.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 2 NE Ellettsville 1.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Indiana University Power Pla 0.7 in 0700 AM 04/02 COOP ...Montgomery County... Crawfordsville 5s 4.6 in 0600 AM 04/02 COOP ...Morgan County... 8 E Cloverdale 3.3 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 1 ENE Mooresville 2.3 in 0600 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Brooklyn 1.9 in 0835 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 3 E Paragon 1.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 2 SE Martinsville 1.0 in 0631 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Owen County... 7 S Spencer 1.1 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Spencer 1.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Putnam County... 3 ESE Greencastle 3.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 1 NE Greencastle 2.0 in 0800 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Randolph County... Davis Purdue Agricultural Ce 4.0 in 0800 AM 04/02 COOP Lynn 3.8 in 0750 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Ridgeville 3sse 3.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COOP ...Rush County... Rushville 3.0 in 0600 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Shelby County... 7 WSW Shelbyville 2.1 in 0800 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Morristown 1.4 in 0700 AM 04/02 COOP Sewage Plant 0.1 in 0800 AM 04/02 COOP ...Sullivan County... At Shakamak S.p. 0.5 in 0850 AM 04/02 COOP ...Tippecanoe County... Lafayette 6.8 in 1058 PM 04/01 Public 2 NE Lafayette 6.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 1 SSW Purdue University 6.0 in 1050 PM 04/01 Public 2 S Lafayette 5.8 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 4 W West Lafayette 4.5 in 1106 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Hg Expl Farm 4.3 in 0800 AM 04/02 COOP 2 ESE Otterbein 1.7 in 0800 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Tipton County... (k9wkk)tipton 1.3 NW 5.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 4 W Atlanta 4.5 in 0530 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Vermillion County... 4 WNW Perrysville 3.0 in 0730 AM 04/02 COOP ...Warren County... Pence 4.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COOP Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official.
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| Snow at the NWS Office the morning of April 2. |
Snow at the NWS Office the morning of April 2. |
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