Heavy Snow, Warren
- When
- December 19, 7:00 PM EST to December 20, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Warren forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.857, -74.997 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in New Jersey, December 19 to 20, 2000
A primary low pressure system that moved through the eastern Great Lakes and a secondary low pressure system that developed along the Middle Atlantic coast the evening of the 19th brought most of the state of New Jersey its first widespread snow of the winter season. Accumulations were not heavy and ranged between 1 and 3 inches.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 17 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
- 17
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 PHI wrote it up.
A primary low pressure system that moved through the eastern Great Lakes and a secondary low pressure system that developed along the Middle Atlantic coast the evening of the 19th brought most of the state of New Jersey its first widespread snow of the winter season. Accumulations were not heavy and ranged between 1 and 3 inches. Temperatures were near the freezing mark when the snow began the evening of the 19th and fell well into the teens and the 20s when it ended during the morning of the 20th. Untreated roadways were treacherous. Accumulations included 3 inches in Phillipsburg (Warren County) and Riegelsville (Hunterdon County), 2 inches in Wantage (Sussex County), Long Valley (Morris County) and Seabrook (Cumberland County), 1.5 inches in New Lisbon (Burlington County), 1.3 inches in Washington's Crossing (Mercer County), 1 inch in Pottersville (Somerset County), New Brunswick (Middlesex County), Cherry Hill (Camden County), and Verga (Gloucester County) and 0.4 inches at the Atlantic City International Airport.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
17 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Hunterdon
- When
- December 19, 8:00 PM EST to December 20, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Hunterdon forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.567, -74.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Somerset
- When
- December 19, 8:00 PM EST to December 20, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Somerset forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.564, -74.616 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Sussex
- When
- December 19, 8:00 PM EST to December 20, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Sussex forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.140, -74.690 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Mercer
- When
- December 19, 9:00 PM EST to December 20, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Mercer forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.283, -74.702 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Morris
- When
- December 19, 9:00 PM EST to December 20, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Morris forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.862, -74.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Salem
- When
- December 19, 9:00 PM EST to December 20, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Salem forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.577, -75.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Burlington
- When
- December 19, 10:00 PM EST to December 20, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Burlington forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.878, -74.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Camden
- When
- December 19, 10:00 PM EST to December 20, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Camden forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.804, -74.960 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Gloucester
- When
- December 19, 10:00 PM EST to December 20, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Gloucester forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.717, -75.142 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Middlesex
- When
- December 19, 10:00 PM EST to December 20, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Middlesex forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.440, -74.409 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Cumberland
- When
- December 19, 11:00 PM EST to December 20, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Cumberland forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.328, -75.129 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Eastern Monmouth
- When
- December 19, 11:00 PM EST to December 20, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Monmouth forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.288, -74.158 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Eastern Ocean
- When
- December 19, 11:00 PM EST to December 20, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Ocean forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.866, -74.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Western Atlantic
- When
- December 19, 11:00 PM EST to December 20, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Atlantic forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.469, -74.634 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Western Monmouth
- When
- December 19, 11:00 PM EST to December 20, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Monmouth forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.288, -74.158 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Western Ocean
- When
- December 19, 11:00 PM EST to December 20, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Ocean forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.866, -74.250 (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
- Extreme Cold in Iowa, December 19, 2000
- Cold in North Carolina, December 19 to 20, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, December 19 to 20, 2000
- Winter Storm in Georgia, December 19, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, December 19 to 20, 2000
- Winter Weather in New York, December 19 to 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, December 19 to 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 19 to 20, 2000
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, December 19, 2000
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 19, 2000
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, December 19, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 19 to 20, 2000
More
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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: 5168971, 5168964, 5168969, 5168970, 5168965, 5168967, 5168968, 5168958, 5168959, 5168963, 5168966, 5168960, 5168961, 5168962, 5168972, 5168973, 5168974.