Heavy Snow, Athens
- When
- January 20, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Athens forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.334, -82.045 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Ohio, January 20, 2000
Snow accumulated 3 to 5 inches.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 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
- 9
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.
Snow accumulated 3 to 5 inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Gallia
- When
- January 20, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Gallia forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.825, -82.317 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Jackson
- When
- January 20, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -82.618 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Lawrence
- When
- January 20, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Lawrence forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.599, -82.537 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Meigs
- When
- January 20, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Meigs forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.082, -82.023 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Morgan
- When
- January 20, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Morgan forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -81.853 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Perry
- When
- January 20, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Perry forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.737, -82.236 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Vinton
- When
- January 20, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Vinton forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.251, -82.485 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Washington
- When
- January 20, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.455, -81.495 (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 Delaware, January 20, 2000
- Cold in South Carolina, January 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 20, 2000
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, January 20, 2000
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, January 20, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, January 20 to 21, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 20 to 21, 2000
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 20, 2000
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 20, 2000
More
Every storm in Ohio in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, January 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: 5127482, 5127483, 5127484, 5127485, 5127486, 5127487, 5127488, 5127489, 5127490.