Name: Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, February 18 to 19, 2000
Start: 2000-02-18T07:00
End: 2000-02-19T09:00
Location: Pennsylvania

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 7

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 BGM wrote it up.

A low pressure system moved out of the Ohio valley on Friday the 18th spreading snow into northeast Pennsylvania. The low then tracked across southern Pennsylvania Friday night, before weakening on Saturday the 19th. In most places, the snow began to mix with or change over to rain and freezing rain after midnight on the 19th. Generally 4 to 7 inches of snow fell. Many motor vehicle accidents were reported throughout the area, but most were minor. Schools were once again closed in some of the districts due to inclement weather. A jet slid off the runway due to icy conditions at the Wilks Barre/Scranton International Airport. No injuries were reported.

The radar

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Event by event

7 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Bradford

When: February 18, 7:00 AM EST to February 19, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Bradford forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.789, -76.515 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Lackawanna

When: February 18, 7:00 AM EST to February 19, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Lackawanna forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.437, -75.609 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Luzerne

When: February 18, 7:00 AM EST to February 19, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Luzerne forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.177, -75.989 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Pike

When: February 18, 7:00 AM EST to February 19, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Pike forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.332, -75.034 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Susquehanna

When: February 18, 7:00 AM EST to February 19, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Susquehanna forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.821, -75.801 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Wayne

When: February 18, 7:00 AM EST to February 19, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Wayne forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.649, -75.303 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Wyoming

When: February 18, 7:00 AM EST to February 19, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Wyoming forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.518, -76.016 (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

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: 5133773, 5133774, 5133775, 5133776, 5133777, 5133778, 5133779.