nokywx

Growing up in South Bend, I'd say Jan '99. I wasn't at home for that one, but traveled back two days afterwards. Would have been fun to watch it go down. Also would love the Feb '95 Lake effect event... brief window of 5 in/hr. stuff. I assume it was probably some kind of mesolow, but they didn't really get that in-depth back then.

3-day event total of 14.6" at South Bend. 4th biggest November event on record.

Probably 3/9/98. After what had been a subpar winter, this storm was a late bloomer, with no expectations at all until about 12 hours before the storm. 12-15 inches with 30-40 mph winds, followed by a couple of days of intermittent lake effect squalls. Honorable mention would probably be severe weather on 3/2/12 & 5/30/04, and the heat and humidity of 7/14/95.

A personal favorite for me was a Feb. '95 lake effect event in South Bend. This was probably the most hyped lake effect storm I can remember, as I recall local stations putting out maps with 1-3' expected. We ended up with about 21 in. over 5 days, but the highlight was a Tuesday afternoon snow band that came through and dropped 5 inches in an hour. The darkest, heaviest snow clouds I've ever seen.