December 13th 2000 Winter Storm

Winter Storm conditions on December 13th, 2000

A potent upper level low pressure trough moved northeastward out of the Mississippi valley Wednesday morning...spreading a large area of moderate to occasionally heavy snow at times across Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.

Arctic air remained in place across the upper midwest in the wake of Monday's storm. This was clearly evident in the crystalline structure of the snowflakes which were for most of the day quite small and took longer to accumulate. Snowfall rates on order averaged 1/2 inch per hour. Nonetheless, by late Wednesday evening there were several inches of new snow on the ground. Winds remained fairly weak as the actual surface low tracked through the lower Mississippi valley. However, even winds of 10 to 20 mph were able to blow the dry snow around easily with drifting reported in rural areas. 4 to 8 inches of snowfall were reported across the area. Generally, most locations saw between 4 and 6 inches with the heaviest amounts confined to along and south of the US 24 corridor...see the map. The heaviest snowfall report came from Grissiom AFB with 8 inches. Additional site specific snowfall amounts can be found in our latest public information statement.

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1000 AM EST THU DEC 14 2000

CORRECTED TO ADD ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TOTALS

FOLLOWING ARE FINAL STORM SNOWFALL TOTALS THROUGH 830 AM EST... 
                                            
CITY/TOWN           COUNTY/STATE    NEW SNOWFALL
GRISSIOM  AFB       MIAMI           8.0 INCHES
YOUNG AMERICA       CASS...IN       7.4 INCHES
DEFIANCE            DEFIANCE        7.0 INCHES   
HUNTINGTON          HUNTINGTON      7.0 INCHES
MONROEVILLE         ALLEN...IN      7.0 INCHES   
PORTLAND            JAY             7.0 INCHES
MONTPELIER          WILLIAMS        7.0 INCHES
PLYMOUTH            MARSHALL        6.9 INCHES
BLUFFTON            WELLS           6.5 INCHES
MARION              GRANT           6.3 INCHES
COLUMBUS GROVE      PUTNAM          6.1 INCHES
2 N FT WAYNE        ALLEN...IN      6.1 INCHES
                    ALLEN...OH      6.0 INCHES
                    HENRY           6.0 INCHES
HARTFORD CITY       BLACKFORD       6.0 INCHES
MICHIGAN CITY       LA PORTE        6.0 INCHES
CASSOPOLIS          CASS...MI       6.0 INCHES
MONTICELLO          WHITE           6.0 INCHES    
VAN WERT            VAN WERT        6.0 INCHES
WABASH              WABASH          6.0 INCHES
WAUSEON             FULTON...OH     6.0 INCHES
WAKARUSA            ELKHART         6.0 INCHES
WARSAW 3 SE         KOSCIUSKO       5.9 INCHES
COLUMBIA CITY       WHITLEY         5.7 INCHES
NAPOLEON            HENRY           5.5 INCHES
SYRACUSE            KOSCIUSKO       5.0 INCHES
MISHAWAKA           ST. JOSEPH...IN 5.0 INCHES
KENDALLVILLE        NOBLE           5.0 INCHES
STURGIS             ST. JOSEPH...MI 5.0 INCHES
WHITE PIGEON        ST. JOSEPH...MI 5.0 INCHES
BRIDGMAN            BERRIEN         5.0 INCHES
WATERVLIET          BERRIEN         5.0 INCHES
ROYAL CENTER        CASS...IN       5.0 INCHES
LOGANSPORT          CASS...IN       5.0 INCHES
DECATUR             ADAMS           5.0 INCHES
AUBURN              DEKALB          5.0 INCHES
LIMA                ALLEN...OH      5.0 INCHES
ELKHART             ELKHART         4.5 INCHES
MIDDLEBURY          ELKHART         4.5 INCHES
THREE RIVERS        ST. JOSEPH...MI 4.5 INCHES
FORT WAYNE          ALLEN...IN      4.4 INCHES
LAOTTO              NOBLE           4.2 INCHES
SOUTH BEND          ST. JOSEPH...IN 4.2 INCHES
NAPPANEE            ELKHART         4.0 INCHES
NILES               BERRIEN         4.0 INCHES
ST JOSEPH           BERRIEN         4.0 INCHES
LIGONIER            NOBLE           4.0 INCHES
ANGOLA              STEUBEN         4.0 INCHES
BENTON HARBOR       BERRIEN         4.0 INCHES
COLDWATER           BRANCH          4.0 INCHES
GOSHEN              ELKHART         4.0 INCHES

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This story written by Todd Holsten