Avalanche, Western Essex
- When
- February 19, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Essex forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.117, -73.773 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Avalanche in New York, February 19, 2000
An avalanche occurred on Saturday, February 19th, on Wright Peak which is southwest of Mt. Van Hovenberg.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 5
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 BTV wrote it up.
An avalanche occurred on Saturday, February 19th, on Wright Peak which is southwest of Mt. Van Hovenberg. The avalanche occurred at about the 3500 foot level, and was about 400 feet in length. There was one person killed and 5 injured while skiing.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 avalanche. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalanche, Western Essex | 2000-02-19 | 27 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
What these are
- Avalanche
- A mass of snow sliding down a mountainside that caused a death, an injury or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 19, 2000
- Rip Current in Guam, February 19, 2000
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, February 19, 2000
- High Surf in Hawaii, February 19 to 21, 2000
- Winter Storm in Maine, February 19, 2000
- Flooding in Indiana, February 19 to 29, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, February 19, 2000
- Flood in Kentucky, February 19, 2000
- Flood in Indiana, February 19 to 26, 2000
- Flood in Indiana, February 19, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, February 19, 2000
- Strong Wind in South Carolina, February 19, 2000
More
Every storm in New York in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, 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: 5133205.