Heavy Snow, Bartow
- When
- December 3, 5:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Bartow forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.238, -84.840 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Georgia, December 3, 2000
The first significant and widespread snow to hit north Georgia of the winter season began around 3 am EST and ended around 10 am EST Sunday December 3, 2000. The snow was the result of a strong Alberta clipper type low pressure system that moved rapidly east-southeast across extreme north Georgia.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 17 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
- 17
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 FFC wrote it up.
The first significant and widespread snow to hit north Georgia of the winter season began around 3 am EST and ended around 10 am EST Sunday December 3, 2000. The snow was the result of a strong Alberta clipper type low pressure system that moved rapidly east-southeast across extreme north Georgia. The system took a path along a line from near Chatsworth, to Ellijay, to Cleveland during the early morning hours. While moisture was limited, the dynamics of the system combined with surface temperatures in the upper 20s and a cold core upper low provided a quick burst of snow to many counties in north Georgia. The snow only fell for a few hours, but snowfall of 3 to 4 inches was common in the general area north of a line from Chatsworth, to Dawsonville, to Dahlonega, to Cleveland, with snowfall of 1 to 2 inches common to the west of this line toward the Alabama border. Little to no snow fell south of a line from Cedartown, to Canton, to Cumming, to Gainesville, to Homer.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
17 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Catoosa
- When
- December 3, 5:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Catoosa forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.904, -85.138 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Chattooga
- When
- December 3, 5:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chattooga forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.475, -85.345 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Dade
- When
- December 3, 5:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Dade forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.855, -85.504 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Dawson
- When
- December 3, 5:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Dawson forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.444, -84.171 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Fannin
- When
- December 3, 5:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fannin forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.864, -84.320 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Floyd
- When
- December 3, 5:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Floyd forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.263, -85.214 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Gilmer
- When
- December 3, 5:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Gilmer forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.691, -84.456 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Gordon
- When
- December 3, 5:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Gordon forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.503, -84.876 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Lumpkin
- When
- December 3, 5:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lumpkin forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.572, -84.003 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Murray
- When
- December 3, 5:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Murray forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.788, -84.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Pickens
- When
- December 3, 5:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pickens forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.464, -84.466 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Towns
- When
- December 3, 5:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Towns forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.917, -83.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Union
- When
- December 3, 5:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Union forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.834, -83.991 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Walker
- When
- December 3, 5:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Walker forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.736, -85.301 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, White
- When
- December 3, 5:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- White forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.646, -83.747 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Whitfield
- When
- December 3, 5:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Whitfield forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 34.806, -84.967 (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
- Winter Storm in Virginia, December 3, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, December 3, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, December 3, 2000
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 3, 2000
- Heavy Snow in South Carolina, December 3, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, December 3, 2000
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 3 to 4, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Georgia, December 3, 2000
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, December 3 to 5, 2000
- Flood in Guam, December 3, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, December 3 to 4, 2000
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, December 2000
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5166882, 5166883, 5166884, 5166885, 5166886, 5166887, 5166888, 5166889, 5166890, 5166891, 5166892, 5166893, 5166894, 5166895, 5166896, 5166897, 5166898.