Heavy Snow, Knox
- When
- December 29, 6:00 PM CST to December 30, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Knox forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 40.932, -90.213 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Illinois, December 29 to 30, 2000
Around 6 inches of snow accumulated at Galesburg in Knox County on Friday, December 29. The snow began around 3 PM on Thursday, December 28, reached 6 inches by 6 PM on Friday, December 29 and ended around 10 PM on Saturday, December 30.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
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 ILX wrote it up.
Around 6 inches of snow accumulated at Galesburg in Knox County on Friday, December 29. The snow began around 3 PM on Thursday, December 28, reached 6 inches by 6 PM on Friday, December 29 and ended around 10 PM on Saturday, December 30. Northwest winds of 15 to 25 mph and gusty caused blowing and drifting snow.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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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: 5177783.