Overview
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An upper level trough brought snow to central Indiana on December 1 and early on December 2 to central Indiana. Snowfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches were common, with reports up to nearly 7 inches in some areas due to heavier bands of snow. |
Snow/Ice
Below is a map of snowfall from reports received. Note that amounts may not match your location. A listing of reports received follows the map.
Public Information Statement National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 1051 AM EST Tue Dec 2 2025 ...SNOWFALL REPORTS FOR EARLY DECEMBER SNOW STORM... Location Amount Time/Date Provider ...Indiana... ...Bartholomew County... Hope 4.0 in 0340 AM 12/02 Public Columbus 1.7 N 3.3 in 0800 AM 12/02 COCORAHS ...Boone County... Zionsville 0.5 NNW 3.0 in 0600 AM 12/02 COCORAHS Lebanon 9.1 SSE 2.8 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS ...Brown County... (W9DBA)Morgantown 6.7 SSE 3.8 in 0600 AM 12/02 COCORAHS Nashville 7.8 SE 3.6 in 0608 AM 12/02 COCORAHS ...Clay County... Brazil 1.2 SSW 3.6 in 0745 AM 12/02 COCORAHS Jasonville 4.0 ENE 3.0 in 0537 AM 12/02 COCORAHS ...Clinton County... Frankfort 4.9 NNE 3.4 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS 3 W Kirklin 3.2 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS Mulberry 0.6 SSE 2.2 in 0800 AM 12/02 COCORAHS ...Daviess County... Washington 1.5 NW 2.2 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS Elnora 0.1 SW 2.0 in 0800 AM 12/02 COCORAHS Odon 0.8 E 1.8 in 0800 AM 12/02 COCORAHS ...Delaware County... 4 NW Ball State University 4.9 in 0736 AM 12/02 Yorktown 1.1 NNW 4.0 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS Muncie 3.8 in 0700 AM 12/02 COOP ...Fountain County... Covington 0.4 WNW 2.0 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS ...Greene County... Solsberry 4.0 ESE 3.0 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS Bloomfield 2.4 in 0700 AM 12/02 COOP ...Hamilton County... Fishers 6.1 E 4.1 in 0640 AM 12/02 COCORAHS Carmel 3.3 W 4.0 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS Fishers 4.3 ENE 3.5 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS Westfield 1.4 ESE 3.2 in 0800 AM 12/02 COCORAHS ...Hancock County... Greenfield 1.6 S 5.0 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS ...Hendricks County... Brownsburg 5.1 NNE 4.2 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS Clayton 0.4 WNW 3.3 in 0500 AM 12/02 COCORAHS Avon 1.6 N 3.2 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS Brownsburg 0.8 NNW 3.1 in 0630 AM 12/02 COCORAHS ...Henry County... 2.4 SW New Castle 5.0 in 0700 AM 12/02 COOP ...Howard County... Russiaville 0.6 WSW 2.2 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS Kokomo 4.6 ESE 2.0 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS ...Jennings County... Millhousen 4.2 SSW 4.0 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS 1.3 NE Vernon 3.4 in 0800 AM 12/02 COOP ...Johnson County... 1.8 SE Franklin 5.5 in 0700 AM 12/02 COOP Greenwood 0.6 ESE 5.5 in 0830 AM 12/02 COCORAHS 4 NE Waverly 4.5 in 0954 AM 12/02 Greenwood 4.9 SW 4.0 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS ...Knox County... Freelandville 0.2 SW 3.1 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS Wheatland 1.4 SSW 2.0 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS 4.0 NE Vincennes University 2.0 in 0800 AM 12/02 COOP Bicknell 0.5 W 1.9 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS Bicknell 1.6 in 0210 AM 12/02 Emergency Mngr ...Lawrence County... Oolitic 0.2 NNE 3.1 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS Mitchell 4.1 E 2.0 in 0730 AM 12/02 COCORAHS Bedford 8.6 NNW 1.5 in 0830 AM 12/02 COCORAHS ...Madison County... 2 NNW Country Club Heights 4.4 in 0415 AM 12/02 Trained Spotter Anderson 4.0 N 4.4 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS ...Marion County... Homecroft 5.4 in 0400 AM 12/02 NWS Employee McCordsville 1.3 W 5.0 in 0740 AM 12/02 COCORAHS 1 S Castleton 4.4 in 0700 AM 12/02 CO-OP Observer Indianapolis 3.2 S 3.8 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS 1 SSE Indianapolis Intl Air 3.7 in 0700 AM 12/02 NWS Employee Speedway 0.3 W 3.6 in 0715 AM 12/02 COCORAHS ...Monroe County... Unionville 4.0 in 0645 AM 12/02 Bloomington 7.0 NE 4.0 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS Bloomington 7.1 E 3.0 in 0800 AM 12/02 COCORAHS ...Montgomery County... 1.1 NW New Market 2.4 in 0600 AM 12/02 COOP ...Morgan County... Martinsville 3.9 ESE 4.5 in 0800 AM 12/02 COCORAHS Brooklyn 0.5 ENE 4.5 in 0825 AM 12/02 COCORAHS Mooresville 3.8 NE 4.4 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS (N9JPX)Paragon 3.2 ENE 4.0 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS ...Owen County... Gosport 4.0 WSW 4.0 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS 2 NNW Mccormicks Creek State 3.5 in 0825 AM 12/02 4 S Devore 3.1 in 0700 AM 12/02 (K9CBB)Spencer 0.6 E 3.0 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS ...Parke County... Rockville 3.6 ENE 1.3 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS ...Putnam County... Cloverdale 3.5 W 2.9 in 0645 AM 12/02 COCORAHS ...Randolph County... Modoc 0.1 W 5.0 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS (K9EKP) Parker City 0.3 NE 4.5 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS Farmland 0.3 S 4.4 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS (KC9FXU) Winchester 2.2 WSW 4.2 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS Union City 3.6 WSW 3.6 in 0810 AM 12/02 COCORAHS ...Rush County... Rushville 6.8 in 0530 AM 12/02 Emergency Mngr Morristown 3.8 ENE 5.5 in 0800 AM 12/02 COCORAHS ...Shelby County... Morristown 5.5 in 0838 AM 12/02 Law Enforcement (KB9RBB)Fairland 0.9 SSW 5.2 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS 2 SSW Shelbyville 4.2 in 0747 AM 12/02 ...Tippecanoe County... 3 WNW Purdue University 3.3 in 0751 AM 12/02 Public 4.7 W West Lafayette 3.0 in 0800 AM 12/02 COOP 1 N West Lafayette 2.7 in 0800 AM 12/02 COCORAHS ...Tipton County... 5.1 SE Goldsmith 4.5 in 0630 AM 12/02 COOP Tipton 4.0 in 0952 PM 12/01 ...Vermillion County... 0.7 SW Gessie 2.1 in 0610 AM 12/02 COOP Newport 0.4 WSW 2.0 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS ...Vigo County... Terre Haute 2.4 ESE 3.2 in 0800 AM 12/02 COCORAHS Terre Haute 6.5 N 2.7 in 0700 AM 12/02 COCORAHS ...Warren County... 0.9 SW Pence 2.2 in 0700 AM 12/02 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.
Environment
Lift from the system was aided by frontogenetical forcing, which helped produce the bands of heavier snow. Figure 3 also shows Equivalent Potential Vorticity (EPV), which is a parameter that can be used to diagnose areas of Conditional Symmetric Instability.
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| Figure 1: 500mb Heights and Winds at 7 PM December 1 | Figure 2: 850-700mb Frontogenesis at 7 PM EST | Figure 3: 700mb Frontogenesis and EPV at 1 AM EST Dec 2 |
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