Heavy Snow, Bradford
- When
- January 25, 5:00 AM EST to January 26, 8:00 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 in Pennsylvania, January 25 to 26, 2000
A major winter storm impacted northeast Pennsylvania from Tuesday the 25th until early Wednesday the 26th. Low pressure rapidly developed and tracked up the mid-Atlantic coast on Tuesday, reaching just off of the tip of Long Island by evening.
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.
- 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
- 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 major winter storm impacted northeast Pennsylvania from Tuesday the 25th until early Wednesday the 26th. Low pressure rapidly developed and tracked up the mid-Atlantic coast on Tuesday, reaching just off of the tip of Long Island by evening. The storm then moved along the New England coast into the Canadian Maritimes on Wednesday. Heavy snow spread into the Pocono Mountains early Tuesday morning and across the rest of northeast Pennsylvania by midday Tuesday. The snow continued heavy at times into the evening hours, before tapering off to snow showers Tuesday night and early Wednesday. Gusty north winds led to considerable blowing and drifting of the snow over the entire area. Total snowfall ranged from 10 to 15 inches over the Pocono Mountains to 5 to 12 inches across the northern tier counties and Wyoming Valley. The storm was blamed on two highway deaths.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Lackawanna
- When
- January 25, 5:00 AM EST to January 26, 8:00 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
- January 25, 5:00 AM EST to January 26, 8:00 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
- January 25, 5:00 AM EST to January 26, 8:00 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
- January 25, 5:00 AM EST to January 26, 8:00 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
- January 25, 5:00 AM EST to January 26, 8:00 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
- January 25, 5:00 AM EST to January 26, 8:00 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
- Winter Storm in Texas, January 25 to 28, 2000
- Cold in South Carolina, January 25, 2000
- Winter Storm and Flooding in Delaware, January 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 25, 2000
- Winter Storm in Maryland, January 25, 2000
- Avalanche in Colorado, January 25, 2000
- Winter Storm in New York, January 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in New York, January 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 25, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 25 to 26, 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: 5131675, 5131676, 5131677, 5131678, 5131679, 5131893, 5131894.