Indiana, 2000

Heavy Snow in Indiana, December 13 to 14, 2000

December 13 to 14, 2000 · NWS IWX · 12 events in 12 counties and zones

Another in a series of strong upper level disturbances coming out of the southern plains combined with an intensifing upper jet over southern Canada led to another bout of heavy snow across part of Indiana and Northwest Ohio on the 13th. Although the surface low remained quite weak and the upper level system moved rather quickly...

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 12 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
12

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 IWX wrote it up.

...Synoptic and mesoscale conditions for December 13th...Another in a series of strong upper level disturbances coming out of the southern plains combined with an intensifing upper jet over southern Canada led to another bout of heavy snow across part of Indiana and Northwest Ohio on the 13th. Although the surface low remained quite weak and the upper level system moved rather quickly... moisture was able to quickly advect northward out of the lower Mississippi valley as the low level jet intensified in response to increasing upper level divergence associated with the strong upper level jet over southern Canada. Snow developed around noon and quickly became heavy by mid afternoon and continued into late evening before tapering off. Some notable storm total snowfall reports included 8 inches at Grissom AFB... 7.4 in Young America... 7 in Defiance, Huntington, Monroeville, Portland, Bluffton, and Montpelier, and 6 in Marion, Columbus Grove, Fort Wayne, Hartford City, Monticello, Van Wert, Wabash, Wauseon, and Columbia City.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

12 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, White

When
December 13, 12:00 PM EST to December 14, 12:00 AM EST
Where
White forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.750, -86.865 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Adams

When
December 13, 12:00 PM EST to December 14, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Adams forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.746, -84.937 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Allen

When
December 13, 12:00 PM EST to December 14, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Allen forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.091, -85.067 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Blackford

When
December 13, 12:00 PM EST to December 14, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Blackford forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.474, -85.325 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Cass

When
December 13, 12:00 PM EST to December 14, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Cass forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.762, -86.346 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Grant

When
December 13, 12:00 PM EST to December 14, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Grant forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.516, -85.655 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Huntington

When
December 13, 12:00 PM EST to December 14, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Huntington forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.829, -85.488 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Jay

When
December 13, 12:00 PM EST to December 14, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Jay forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.438, -85.006 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Miami

When
December 13, 12:00 PM EST to December 14, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Miami forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.770, -86.045 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Wabash

When
December 13, 12:00 PM EST to December 14, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Wabash forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.846, -85.794 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Wells

When
December 13, 12:00 PM EST to December 14, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Wells forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.729, -85.221 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Whitley

When
December 13, 12:00 PM EST to December 14, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Whitley forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.139, -85.505 (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.

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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: 5162058, 5162059, 5162060, 5162061, 5162062, 5162063, 5162064, 5162065, 5162066, 5162067, 5162068, 5162069.