Heavy Snow in Indiana, December 13 to 14, 2000

Name: Heavy Snow in Indiana, December 13 to 14, 2000
Start: 2000-12-13T08:00
End: 2000-12-14T01:00
Location: Indiana

December 13 to 14, 2000 · NWS IND · 28 events in 28 counties and zones

A strong upper level system tracked along the Ohio River during the evening of December 13. Strong lift and deep moisture allowed for a widespread heavy snow event across Central Indiana.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 28 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: 28

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 IND wrote it up.

A strong upper level system tracked along the Ohio River during the evening of December 13. Strong lift and deep moisture allowed for a widespread heavy snow event across Central Indiana. The accumulating snow began during the late morning of December 13 and continued through about midnight before the activity tapered off to flurries in the early morning hours of December 14. The snowfall was rather uniform with 6 to 7 inch totals common.

The radar

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Event by event

28 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Daviess

When: December 13, 8:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: Daviess forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.702, -87.072 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Knox

When: December 13, 8:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Knox forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.689, -87.418 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Parke

When: December 13, 8:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: Parke forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.774, -87.206 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Sullivan

When: December 13, 8:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: Sullivan forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.089, -87.415 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Vermillion

When: December 13, 8:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: Vermillion forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.854, -87.464 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Vigo

When: December 13, 8:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: Vigo forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.431, -87.390 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Clay

When: December 13, 9:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Clay forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.393, -87.116 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Clinton

When: December 13, 9:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Clinton forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.302, -86.475 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Fountain

When: December 13, 9:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Fountain forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.121, -87.242 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Greene

When: December 13, 9:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Greene forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.036, -86.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Montgomery

When: December 13, 9:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Montgomery forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.040, -86.893 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Morgan

When: December 13, 9:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Morgan forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.482, -86.446 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Putnam

When: December 13, 9:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Putnam forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.666, -86.845 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Tippecanoe

When: December 13, 9:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Tippecanoe forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.389, -86.894 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Warren

When: December 13, 9:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
Where: Warren forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.347, -87.353 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Boone

When: December 13, 10:00 AM EST to December 14, 12:00 AM EST
Where: Boone forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.051, -86.469 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Brown

When: December 13, 10:00 AM EST to December 14, 12:00 AM EST
Where: Brown forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.196, -86.227 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Hamilton

When: December 13, 10:00 AM EST to December 14, 12:00 AM EST
Where: Hamilton forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.073, -86.052 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Hendricks

When: December 13, 10:00 AM EST to December 14, 12:00 AM EST
Where: Hendricks forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.770, -86.510 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Howard

When: December 13, 10:00 AM EST to December 14, 12:00 AM EST
Where: Howard forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.484, -86.117 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Johnson

When: December 13, 10:00 AM EST to December 14, 12:00 AM EST
Where: Johnson forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.490, -86.102 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Marion

When: December 13, 10:00 AM EST to December 14, 12:00 AM EST
Where: Marion forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.782, -86.138 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Monroe

When: December 13, 10:00 AM EST to December 14, 12:00 AM EST
Where: Monroe forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.161, -86.523 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Tipton

When: December 13, 10:00 AM EST to December 14, 12:00 AM EST
Where: Tipton forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.311, -86.052 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Delaware

When: December 13, 11:00 AM EST to December 14, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Delaware forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.228, -85.397 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Hancock

When: December 13, 11:00 AM EST to December 14, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Hancock forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.824, -85.773 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Henry

When: December 13, 11:00 AM EST to December 14, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Henry forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.931, -85.396 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Madison

When: December 13, 11:00 AM EST to December 14, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Madison forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.162, -85.719 (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

Every storm in Indiana in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Indiana, 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: 5165569, 5165677, 5165683, 5165685, 5165688, 5165689, 5160484, 5165568, 5165571, 5165572, 5165681, 5165682, 5165684, 5165686, 5165690, 5160482, 5160483, 5165671, 5165673, 5165675, 5165676, 5165679, 5165680, 5165687, 5165570, 5165672, 5165674, 5165678.