Pennsylvania, 2000

Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 30 to 31, 2000

January 30 to 31, 2000 · NWS BGM · 7 events in 7 counties and zones

Low pressure organized over the North Carolina coast Sunday evening the 30th and tracked north up the eastern seaboard to southern New England by Monday morning the 31th. The low moved into the Canadian Maritimes by Monday 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.

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  • Cold
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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.

Low pressure organized over the North Carolina coast Sunday evening the 30th and tracked north up the eastern seaboard to southern New England by Monday morning the 31th. The low moved into the Canadian Maritimes by Monday evening. Heavy snow spread into northeast Pennsylvania during the late evening Sunday. The snow tapered off during the late morning and early afternoon hours Monday across the area. Snowfall rates reached up to 2 inches per hour at times over the Poconos where the highest snowfall amounts occurred. Snowfall totals ranged from 12 to 18 inches across the Poconos, to around 10 inches in the Wyoming Valley of northeast Pennsylvania. Bradford county in northern Pennsylvania saw between 3 and 8 inches of snowfall.

The radar

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Event by event

7 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Bradford

When
January 30, 10:00 PM EST to January 31, 2:00 PM 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
January 30, 10:00 PM EST to January 31, 2:00 PM 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 30, 10:00 PM EST to January 31, 2:00 PM 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 30, 10:00 PM EST to January 31, 2:00 PM 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 30, 10:00 PM EST to January 31, 2:00 PM 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 30, 10:00 PM EST to January 31, 2:00 PM 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 30, 10:00 PM EST to January 31, 2:00 PM 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.

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5130701, 5130702, 5130703, 5130704, 5130705, 5130706, 5130707.