Heavy Snow, Carroll
- When
- December 23, 1:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.069, -89.934 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Illinois, December 23, 2000
A weak low pressure center tracked from northern Missouri during the early morning hours, into central Illinois through the day. The system brought warm, moist air over the top of cold Arctic air at the surface, and produced a light, fluffy snow over parts of far northwest Illinois.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 3
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 DVN wrote it up.
A weak low pressure center tracked from northern Missouri during the early morning hours, into central Illinois through the day. The system brought warm, moist air over the top of cold Arctic air at the surface, and produced a light, fluffy snow over parts of far northwest Illinois. The snow tapered to flurries before ending in the early afternoon. Snowfall amounts of one to two inches were reported along and north of U.S. Highway 30.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Jo Daviess
- When
- December 23, 1:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jo Daviess forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.366, -90.212 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Stephenson
- When
- December 23, 1:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stephenson forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.352, -89.662 (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
- Extreme Cold in Iowa, December 23 to 24, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Illinois, December 23 to 24, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, December 23, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 23 to 25, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 23 to 24, 2000
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, December 23, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 23 to 24, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 23 to 24, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Missouri, December 23 to 24, 2000
- Flood in Guam, December 23, 2000
- High Surf in California, December 23, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 23 to 24, 2000
More
Every storm in Illinois in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, 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: 5177555, 5177556, 5177557.