Heavy Snow, Ashtabula
- When
- December 27, 5:00 AM EST to December 28, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Ashtabula forecast zone
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.896, -80.759 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Ohio, December 27 to 28, 2000
Lake effect snow showers developed during the morning of the 27th. Heavy snow first fell along the lakeshore then spread inland as winds shifted from the west to the northwest.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- $295,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 CLE wrote it up.
Lake effect snow showers developed during the morning of the 27th. Heavy snow first fell along the lakeshore then spread inland as winds shifted from the west to the northwest. Accumulations of up 10 inches were reported along the Lake Erie shoreline from the eastern end of Cuyahoga County to northern Ashtabula County. Snow totals further inland were generally slightly less, but a storm total of 16 inches was measured near Chardon in Geauga County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Cuyahoga
- When
- December 27, 5:00 AM EST to December 28, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cuyahoga forecast zone
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.479, -81.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Geauga
- When
- December 27, 5:00 AM EST to December 28, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Geauga forecast zone
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -81.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Lake
- When
- December 27, 5:00 AM EST to December 28, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lake forecast zone
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.714, -81.245 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Trumbull
- When
- December 27, 5:00 AM EST to December 28, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Trumbull forecast zone
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.317, -80.761 (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
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 27 to 28, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, December 27 to 28, 2000
- High Wind in Montana, December 27, 2000
- High Wind in South Dakota, December 27 to 28, 2000
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 27 to 28, 2000
- Ice Storm in Montana, December 27, 2000
- Frost and Freeze in California, December 27 to 31, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, December 27 to 28, 2000
- High Wind in Montana, December 27, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, December 27 to 28, 2000
- High Wind in Montana, December 27, 2000
- High Wind in Montana, December 27, 2000
More
Every storm in Ohio in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, 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: 5168551, 5168552, 5168553, 5168554, 5168555.