Heavy Snow, Muskegon
- When
- December 21, 7:00 PM EST to December 22, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Muskegon forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 43.219, -86.212 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 21 to 22, 2000
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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 GRR wrote it up.
Lake effect snow fell across the lakeshore counties of southwestern Michigan between 7 p.m. on the 21st and 7 p.m. on the 22nd. The heaviest snow fell from southern Muskegon county south across Ottawa, Allegan and Van Buren counties, where generally 9 to as much as 12 inches of snow fell. The heaviest specific snow reports came from Bloomingdale (Van Buren county) and southern Muskegon (Muskegon county), where 12 inches of snow fell. Lighter snowfall totals of 3 to as much as 6 inches were observed across Mason, Oceana, Lake, Newaygo, Kent, Barry and Kalamazoo counties. A 30 car pileup occurred on I-94 in Galesburg (Kalamazoo county) during the afternoon hours of the 22nd as a result of the snow and icy roads. The interstate had to be closed for over 3 hours as police cleared the wreckage. Several people were injured in the pileup, but there were no serious injuries or fatalities.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Ottawa
- When
- December 21, 7:00 PM EST to December 22, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Ottawa forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 43.003, -86.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Allegan
- When
- December 21, 7:00 PM EST to December 22, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Allegan forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 42.518, -85.910 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Van Buren
- When
- December 21, 7:00 PM EST to December 22, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Van Buren forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 42.285, -86.306 (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
- Blizzard in Iowa, December 21, 2000
- Winter Storm in Oregon, December 21, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Michigan, December 21 to 29, 2000
- Winter Storm in Alabama, December 21, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Iowa, December 21 to 22, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Illinois, December 21 to 22, 2000
- Ice Storm in Mississippi, December 21, 2000
- Winter Storm in Georgia, December 21, 2000
- Winter Weather in South Carolina, December 21, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 21, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 21 to 22, 2000
- Winter Weather in Georgia, December 21, 2000
More
Every storm in Michigan in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, 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: 5168699, 5168700, 5168701, 5168702.