Heavy Snow, Martin
- When
- April 7, 3:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Martin forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -94.551 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Minnesota, April 7, 2000
An early spring snowstorm which tracked across Iowa and northern Missouri, managed to dump 6 inches of snow across Martin county, accompanied by 26 knot winds. No accidents or injuries were reported with this event.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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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 MPX wrote it up.
An early spring snowstorm which tracked across Iowa and northern Missouri, managed to dump 6 inches of snow across Martin county, accompanied by 26 knot winds. No accidents or injuries were reported with this event.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 7, 2000
- Hail in Illinois, April 7, 2000
- Hail in Texas, April 7, 2000
- High Wind in Nebraska, April 7, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, April 7, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, April 7 to 8, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, April 7, 2000
- Wildfire in Florida, April 7, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 7, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 7, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Indiana, April 7 to 8, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 7, 2000
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, April 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: 5141595.