Winter Storm, Manitowoc
- When
- December 11, 12:00 PM CST to 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Manitowoc forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.091, -87.700 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Wisconsin, December 11, 2000
Heavy snow and winds gusting to 35 mph caused winter storm conditions across Manitowoc county. Snow associated with a surface low pressure system was enhanced by lake effect snow as winds became northeast behind the low.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 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 GRB wrote it up.
Heavy snow and winds gusting to 35 mph caused winter storm conditions across Manitowoc county. Snow associated with a surface low pressure system was enhanced by lake effect snow as winds became northeast behind the low. The greatest snow totals were in the eastern part of the county, near Lake Michigan, where Two Rivers received 11 inches of snow and the city of Manitowoc received 7 to 8 inches of snow.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Ohio, December 11 to 12, 2000
- Winter Storm in Kansas, December 11, 2000
- Winter Storm in Kansas, December 11, 2000
- High Wind in Ohio, December 11 to 12, 2000
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Michigan, December 11 to 12, 2000
- Ice Storm in Ohio, December 11, 2000
- High Wind in Indiana, December 11 to 12, 2000
- High Wind in Ohio, December 11 to 12, 2000
- High Wind in West Virginia, December 11 to 12, 2000
- High Wind in Kentucky, December 11 to 12, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Kansas, December 11, 2000
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, December 11, 2000
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, 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: 5160613.