Heavy Snow, Pike
- When
- February 22, 3:00 PM EST to February 23, 2:00 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 in Pennsylvania, February 22 to 23, 2001
A coastal storm developed in North Carolina on the afternoon of the 22nd. Snow started that afternoon.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 1
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 coastal storm developed in North Carolina on the afternoon of the 22nd. Snow started that afternoon. It then strengthened as it moved northeast off the coast starting in the evening then continuing into the 23rd. Snow amounts were 5 to 7 inches. The snow ended early on the 23rd as the storm moved well off the coast.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 22, 3:00 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 3:00 PM EST, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 300 PM EST THU FEB 22 2001 DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA TODAY IS FORECAST TO DEEPEN OFF SHORE TONIGHT. MODELS ARE ALL SIMILAR WITH THIS STORM, WITH THE ETA THROWING A BIT MORE SNOWFALL FURTHER NORTH. WILL PRETTY MUCH STAY THE COURSE WITH THIS FORECAST PACKAGE SINCE IT APPEARS TO BE IN VERY GOOD SHAPE AT THIS TIME. THE STEADIER SNOW SHOULD WIND DOWN BEFORE MIDNIGHT...AFTER PRODUCING ABOUT 2-3 IN THE WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON AND POCONO ZONES AND IN SULLIVAN COUNTY NY. AN INCH OR TWO AT MOST SHOULD STILL COVER IT ACROSS MUCH OF THE TWIN TIERS. ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN AND WESTERN ZONES, AN INCH OR SO IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT, BUT THESE AREAS WILL LIKELY SEE THE SNOW FROM THE APPROACHING SHORT WAVE AND COLD FRONT. ON FRIDAY THE FRONT CROSSES THE REGION DURING THE MORNING WITH COLD ADVECTION DEVELOPING BEHIND IT. WILL NOT BE AS COLD AS THE PRECEDING AIRMASS, BUT IT STILL APPEARS THAT ENOUGH INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ALLOW FOR SOME LAKE ENHANCEMENT UP NORTH BY AFTERNOON AS SECONDARY SHORT WAVE DROPS ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO. LIKELY POPS LOOK GOOD FOR THE NORTHERN ZONES WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION. THE LAKE EFFECT IS FORECAST BY ETA BUFKIT TO AFFECT NORTHERN ONEIDA IN THE MORNING...THEN DROP SOUTHWARD INTO WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY AS THE WINDS TURN MORE NORTHWESTERLY BY AFTERNOON. ACROSS NYS SOUTHERN TIER AND NORTHEAST PA, EXPECT COLD ADVECTION TYPE, MORE WIDELY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES. FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...SURFACE RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE NORTHEAST U.S. BRINGING A SHORT-LIVED RETURN TO MAINLY DRY WEATHER. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES WILL PROBABLY LINGER INTO FRIDAY EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL NY BEFORE THE 850 MB RIDGE CROSSES THE AREA. .BGM...NONE. JML
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Georgia, February 22, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 22, 2001
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Virginia, February 22, 2001
- Winter Storm in Virginia, February 22, 2001
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, February 22, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, February 22 to 23, 2001
- Sleet in North Carolina, February 22, 2001
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, February 22, 2001
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 22, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, February 22 to 23, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Maine, February 22 to 23, 2001
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, February 22, 2001
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, February 2001
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: 5234401.