Heavy Snow, Fleming
- When
- March 13, 8:15 PM EST to March 14, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Fleming forecast zone
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 38.370, -83.697 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Kentucky, March 13 to 14, 2005
Enhanced vertical motion associated with a shortwave trough moving across the Great Lakes region, allowed a narrow band of heavy snow to form and move across Rowan and Fleming counties. Four to five inches of snow fell in the towns of Triplett and Muses Mills.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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 JKL wrote it up.
Enhanced vertical motion associated with a shortwave trough moving across the Great Lakes region, allowed a narrow band of heavy snow to form and move across Rowan and Fleming counties. Four to five inches of snow fell in the towns of Triplett and Muses Mills.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Rowan
- When
- March 13, 8:20 PM EST to March 14, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Rowan forecast zone
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 38.196, -83.421 (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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 13, 2005
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Louisiana, March 13, 2005
- Tornado in Alabama, March 13, 2005
- Hail in Alabama, March 13, 2005
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 13 to 16, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 13, 2005
- Wildfire in U.S. Virgin Islands, March 13, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 13, 2005
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 13, 2005
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 13 to 15, 2005
- Hail in Alabama, March 13, 2005
- Hail in Georgia, March 13, 2005
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, March 2005
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: 5440462, 5440461.