Heavy Snow, Ontario
- When
- February 19, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Ontario forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.853, -77.300 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in New York, February 19, 2000
Low pressure moved from the Ohio Valley to the Jersey coast spreading snow across the region. While most areas received a general four to six inches of snow, higher elevations of the Western Southern Tier and Finger Lakes received between six and ten inches.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- $40,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 BUF wrote it up.
Low pressure moved from the Ohio Valley to the Jersey coast spreading snow across the region. While most areas received a general four to six inches of snow, higher elevations of the Western Southern Tier and Finger Lakes received between six and ten inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Wyoming
- When
- February 19, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Wyoming forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.702, -78.224 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Cattaraugus
- When
- February 19, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Cattaraugus forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.249, -78.679 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Erie
- When
- February 19, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Erie forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.758, -78.780 (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
- Avalanche 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5135056, 5133071, 5133072, 5135057.