Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 3 to 4, 2000

Name: Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 3 to 4, 2000
Start: 2000-12-03T05:00
End: 2000-12-04T18:00
Location: North Carolina

December 3 to 4, 2000 · NWS MHX · 8 events in 8 counties and zones

A heavy snow event unfolded over Eastern North Carolina as a Northeaster developed off the North Carolina coast. An average of six inches of snow fell across much of the Coastal Plain.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 8

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 MHX wrote it up.

A heavy snow event unfolded over Eastern North Carolina as a Northeaster developed off the North Carolina coast. An average of six inches of snow fell across much of the Coastal Plain. Reports of 9 to 13 inches on snow were not uncommon across Pitt and Martin counties. The heavy snow fell as far east as Plymouth, Washington, New Bern, and Jacksonville.

The radar

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Event by event

8 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Greene

When: December 3, 5:00 AM EST to December 4, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Greene forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 35.485, -77.676 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Lenoir

When: December 3, 5:00 AM EST to December 4, 4:00 PM EST
Where: Lenoir forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 35.239, -77.641 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Pitt

When: December 3, 5:00 AM EST to December 4, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Pitt forecast zone
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 35.594, -77.375 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Martin

When: December 3, 6:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
Where: Martin forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.842, -77.107 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Beaufort

When: December 3, 6:00 AM EST to December 4, 4:00 PM EST
Where: Beaufort forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 35.486, -76.845 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Craven

When: December 3, 7:00 AM EST to December 4, 4:00 PM EST
Where: Craven forecast zone
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA

Heavy Snow, Duplin

When: December 3, 8:00 AM EST to December 4, 4:00 PM EST
Where: Duplin forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.936, -77.933 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Washington

When: December 3, 8:00 AM EST to December 4, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Washington forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 35.839, -76.569 (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

Every storm in North Carolina in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5165918, 5165920, 5165922, 5159254, 5165921, 5165919, 5159255, 5165923.