Heavy Snow, Eastern Hampshire
- When
- February 16, 5:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Hampshire forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 42.340, -72.664 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, February 16, 2000
Snow squalls during the morning commute made travel difficult on portions of Interstate 91 and Route 5, resulting in some 40 accidents. Most of the accidents were fender-benders, and no injuries resulted, but sections of both routes and Roue 141 through Easthampton had to be closed for a short time.
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 BOX wrote it up.
Snow squalls during the morning commute made travel difficult on portions of Interstate 91 and Route 5, resulting in some 40 accidents. Most of the accidents were fender-benders, and no injuries resulted, but sections of both routes and Roue 141 through Easthampton had to be closed for a short time. Most of the accidents occurred in Holyoke and Easthampton.
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, Eastern Hampden
- When
- February 16, 5:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Hampden forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 42.135, -72.632 (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
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, February 16 to 17, 2000
- Winter Weather in New York, February 16, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 16, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 16 to 17, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 16, 2000
- Heavy Snow in California, February 16, 2000
- Tornado and Flood in California, February 16, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 16, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 16 to 17, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 16, 2000
- Hail in California, February 16, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 16 to 17, 2000
More
Every storm in Massachusetts in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Massachusetts, 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: 5133034, 5133035.