Heavy Snow, Carbon
- When
- January 13, 5:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Carbon forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.918, -75.709 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 13, 2000
A weak Alberta low brought the first widespread measurable snow to the Poconos of the winter season. Accumulations though were on the light side and ranged from less than an inch in the valleys to around two inches over the higher terrain.
Where it happened
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- 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 PHI wrote it up.
A weak Alberta low brought the first widespread measurable snow to the Poconos of the winter season. Accumulations though were on the light side and ranged from less than an inch in the valleys to around two inches over the higher terrain. Slippery road conditions led to several accidents across the area. At 1130 a.m. EST in Swiftwater (Monroe County), a tractor trailer rolled onto its side and blocked eastbound Interstate 80 between Bartonsville and Tannersville for two hours. In Middle Smithfield Township, the driver of a car that slid off the road was seriously injured. Accumulations included 1.5 inches in Long Pond (Monroe County) and 0.8 inches in East Stroudsburg (Monroe County).
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, Monroe
- When
- January 13, 5:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.058, -75.339 (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
- High Wind in Virginia, January 13, 2000
- High Wind in Virginia, January 13, 2000
- High Wind in Virginia, January 13, 2000
- Winter Storm in New York, January 13, 2000
- High Wind in Maryland, January 13, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 13, 2000
- High Wind in Virginia, January 13, 2000
- High Wind in California, January 13, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, January 13, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Maine, January 13 to 15, 2000
- Extreme Cold in New Hampshire, January 13 to 15, 2000
- High Wind in Virginia, January 13, 2000
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5130291, 5130292.