Heavy Snow, Forest
- When
- January 16, 1:00 AM EST to January 17, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Forest forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.513, -79.236 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 16 to 17, 1997
Cold arctic winds, blowing across partially open waters of Lake Erie, contributed to lake effect snow that piled heavy snow across parts of northwest Pennsylvania. A total of 6 inches fell in Franklin, Venango County.
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 PBZ wrote it up.
Cold arctic winds, blowing across partially open waters of Lake Erie, contributed to lake effect snow that piled heavy snow across parts of northwest Pennsylvania. A total of 6 inches fell in Franklin, Venango County. Seven inches was reported just north of Marienville in Forest County.
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, Venango
- When
- January 16, 7:00 AM EST to January 17, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Venango forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.401, -79.758 (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
- Ice Storm in Washington, January 16 to 17, 1997
- Strong Wind in New York, January 16, 1997
- Cold in West Virginia, January 16 to 20, 1997
- Winter Weather in Ohio, January 16 to 17, 1997
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, January 16, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 16 to 18, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, January 16, 1997
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 16, 1997
- Cold in Ohio, January 16 to 20, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 16 to 19, 1997
- Cold in Wisconsin, January 16, 1997
- Blizzard in Wisconsin, January 16, 1997
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, January 1997
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5588314, 5588315.