Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Boyd
- When
- November 21, 6:00 AM EST to November 24, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Boyd forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.360, -82.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold in Kentucky, November 21 to 24, 2000
Daytime highs were in the 30s, with overnight low readings in the teens. This made for a cold, but dry Thanksgiving.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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 RLX wrote it up.
Daytime highs were in the 30s, with overnight low readings in the teens. This made for a cold, but dry Thanksgiving.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Carter
- When
- November 21, 6:00 AM EST to November 24, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Carter forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.318, -83.049 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Greenup
- When
- November 21, 6:00 AM EST to November 24, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Greenup forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.546, -82.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Lawrence
- When
- November 21, 6:00 AM EST to November 24, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lawrence forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.068, -82.735 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
- Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, November 21 to 22, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, November 21 to 22, 2000
- Extreme Cold in West Virginia, November 21 to 24, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Ohio, November 21 to 24, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, November 21 to 22, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, November 21 to 22, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, November 21 to 22, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, November 21 to 22, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Virginia, November 21 to 24, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, November 21, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, November 21, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, November 21, 2000
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, November 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5158976, 5158977, 5158978, 5158979.