Indiana, 2000

Heavy Snow in Indiana, November 20 to 21, 2000

November 20 to 21, 2000 · NWS IWX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The first blast of arctic air across Lake Michigan herald the start of first lake effect snow event of the season across northwest Indiana by late afternoon on the 20th. most locations from LaPorte to Elkhart reported heavy snow which continued into Tuesday morning.

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 IWX wrote it up.

...Synoptic and mesoscale conditions for November 20th and 21st...The first blast of arctic air across Lake Michigan herald the start of first lake effect snow event of the season across northwest Indiana by late afternoon on the 20th. By late evening...most locations from LaPorte to Elkhart reported heavy snow which continued into Tuesday morning. Some notable storm total snowfall reports included 12 inches at the South Bend Waste Water plant... 10 inches in New Carlisle... and 7 inches at the South Bend airport.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, St. Joseph

When
November 20, 9:00 PM EST to November 21, 2:00 PM EST
Where
St. Joseph forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER

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

More

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5161454.