Heavy Snow, Hartford
- When
- February 18, 11:30 AM EST to February 19, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hartford forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.819, -72.572 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Connecticut, February 18 to 19, 2000
Low pressure tracking from the Ohio Valley to the coast of southern New England brought heavy snow to north central and northeast Connecticut. Snowfall amounts up to 7 inches were reported, with the highest amounts in Hartford County.
Where it happened
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- 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 BOX wrote it up.
Low pressure tracking from the Ohio Valley to the coast of southern New England brought heavy snow to north central and northeast Connecticut. Snowfall amounts up to 7 inches were reported, with the highest amounts in Hartford County. The storm, which coincided with the beginning of the Presidents' Day holiday weekend and school vacation week, snarled traffic on major highways and created treacherous driving conditions. At Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, about 60 percent of the scheduled flights were canceled at the height of the storm, and the airport was closed at 5 pm for a half-hour of snow clearing.Some snowfall totals include 7 inches in Burlington and Manchester; and 6 inches in East Hartford, Wethersfield, and Pomfret.
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, Tolland
- When
- February 18, 11:30 AM EST to February 19, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Tolland forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
Heavy Snow, Windham
- When
- February 18, 11:30 AM EST to February 19, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Windham forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.827, -71.977 (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
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in West Virginia, February 18 to 21, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, February 18 to 21, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, February 18, 2000
- Winter Storm in New York, February 18 to 19, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, February 18, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Pennsylvania, February 18 to 20, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in West Virginia, February 18 to 19, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, February 18 to 19, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kentucky, February 18 to 21, 2000
- Tornado in Arkansas, February 18, 2000
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, February 18, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, February 18, 2000
More
Every storm in Connecticut in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, February 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: 5133377, 5133378, 5133379.