Heavy Snow, Dearborn
- When
- March 13, 9:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Dearborn forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.145, -84.973 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Indiana, March 13, 1999
A narrow band of heavy snow pushed into southeastern Indiana. The snow fell at a rate greater than 1 inch an hour at times leaving behind accumulations of 4 to 8 inches.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS ILN wrote it up.
A narrow band of heavy snow pushed into southeastern Indiana. The snow fell at a rate greater than 1 inch an hour at times leaving behind accumulations of 4 to 8 inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Ohio
- When
- March 13, 9:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Ohio forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -84.965 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Ripley
- When
- March 13, 9:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Ripley forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.104, -85.262 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Switzerland
- When
- March 13, 9:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Switzerland forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.826, -85.037 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding in Louisiana, March 13, 1999
- Winter Storm in Missouri, March 13 to 14, 1999
- Dense Fog in Nebraska, March 13, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, March 13, 1999
- Tornado in Alabama, March 13, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, March 13 to 14, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 13, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, March 13, 1999
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, March 13 to 14, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 13, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 13, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, March 13 to 14, 1999
More
Every storm in Indiana in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, March 1999
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5689568, 5689569, 5689570, 5689571.