Heavy Snow, Door
- When
- December 18, 12:00 PM CST to December 19, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Door forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.838, -87.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 18 to 19, 2000
Snowfall associated with low pressure that moved through Illinois was enhanced by lake effect snow as cold northeast winds blew across Lake Michigan. Door county experienced its biggest December snowfall in 15 years with snow totals of 16 inches at Institute, 15 inches at Whitefish Bay and 14 inches 2 miles west of Sturgeon Bay.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 3
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.
Snowfall associated with low pressure that moved through Illinois was enhanced by lake effect snow as cold northeast winds blew across Lake Michigan. Door county experienced its biggest December snowfall in 15 years with snow totals of 16 inches at Institute, 15 inches at Whitefish Bay and 14 inches 2 miles west of Sturgeon Bay. Two Rivers (Manitowoc co.) had 12.5 inches of snow and Kewaunee county received around 10 inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Kewaunee
- When
- December 18, 12:00 PM CST to December 19, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Kewaunee forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.483, -87.514 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Manitowoc
- When
- December 18, 12:00 PM CST to December 19, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Manitowoc forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.091, -87.700 (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
- Blizzard in Iowa, December 18, 2000
- High Wind in California, December 18, 2000
- High Wind in Kansas, December 18, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 18, 2000
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, December 18 to 19, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Nebraska, December 18 to 19, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, December 18 to 19, 2000
- High Wind in Colorado, December 18, 2000
- High Wind in Vermont, December 18, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, December 18 to 19, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 18, 2000
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, December 18, 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: 5160614, 5160695, 5160696.