Heavy Snow, Caldwell
- When
- December 16, 6:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Caldwell forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.145, -87.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Kentucky, December 16, 2000
A mix of very light rain and snow during the afternoon changed to a steady snow early in the evening. The snow accumulated anywhere from 1 to 3 inches across western Kentucky.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 13 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
- 13
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 PAH wrote it up.
A mix of very light rain and snow during the afternoon changed to a steady snow early in the evening. The snow accumulated anywhere from 1 to 3 inches across western Kentucky. The 2 to 3 inch accumulations were east of Kentucky Lake, especially from the Madisonville area north to Owensboro and Henderson. The snow ended around midnight. Frigid temperatures in the wake of the snow made salt much less effective. There were a number of minor accidents and a sharp increase in slip-and-fall injuries. The snow was caused by a strong upper level disturbance that tracked southeast to the Missouri Bootheel, then east along the Tennessee/Kentucky border.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
13 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Christian
- When
- December 16, 6:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Christian forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.894, -87.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Crittenden
- When
- December 16, 6:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Crittenden forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.353, -88.097 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Daviess
- When
- December 16, 6:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Daviess forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.732, -87.087 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Henderson
- When
- December 16, 6:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.796, -87.573 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Hopkins
- When
- December 16, 6:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hopkins forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.309, -87.541 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Lyon
- When
- December 16, 6:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.019, -88.083 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, McLean
- When
- December 16, 6:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- McLean forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.529, -87.264 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Muhlenberg
- When
- December 16, 6:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Muhlenberg forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.216, -87.142 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Todd
- When
- December 16, 6:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Todd forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.836, -87.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Trigg
- When
- December 16, 6:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Trigg forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 36.806, -87.873 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Union
- When
- December 16, 6:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Union forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.659, -87.945 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Webster
- When
- December 16, 6:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Webster forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.518, -87.683 (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
- Tornado in Alabama, December 16, 2000
- Tornadoes in Alabama, December 16, 2000
- Tornado in Alabama, December 16, 2000
- High Wind in Louisiana, December 16, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, December 16, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Georgia, December 16 to 17, 2000
- Tornado in Alabama, December 16, 2000
- Extreme Cold and Lightning Strike in Tennessee, December 16, 2000
- Tornado in Florida, December 16, 2000
- Tornado in Georgia, December 16, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Illinois, December 16 to 17, 2000
- Tornado in Alabama, December 16, 2000
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5166195, 5166196, 5166197, 5166198, 5166199, 5166200, 5166201, 5166202, 5166203, 5166204, 5166205, 5166206, 5166207.