Winter Weather, Hunterdon
- When
- February 4, 3:00 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hunterdon forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.567, -74.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in New Jersey, February 4, 2002
Snow showers associated with a strong cold frontal passage moved through northwestern New Jersey during the afternoon and early evening of the 4th. Accumulations were generally an inch or less.
Where it happened
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- 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 PHI wrote it up.
Snow showers associated with a strong cold frontal passage moved through northwestern New Jersey during the afternoon and early evening of the 4th. Accumulations were generally an inch or less. But, heavier snow showers moved through southern parts of Hunterdon County and up to 4 inches accumulated. As it was snowing, temperatures fell below freezing and gusty northwest winds reduced visibilities. Untreated roadways became very slippery. Accumulations included 3.5 inches in Lambertville (Hunterdon County), 3.0 inches in West Amwell Township (Hunterdon County), 2.1 inches in Riegelsville (Warren County), 0.8 inches in Princeton (Mercer County) and 0.3 inches in Flemington (Hunterdon County).
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 Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 4, 2:55 PM EST, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 2:55 PM EST, 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 255 PM EST MON FEB 4 2002 SNW SHWRS ARE UPON US...AND GETTING SOME RPRTS OF LGT ACCUMNS. KEEPING LKLY POPS THRU THE EVE...THEN CLRG THINGS OUT MOST PLACES OVNGT. AFT THAT...DRY THRU WED...WITH WNDS DSMHG TMRW AFTN. COULD GET INTERESTING THU AS SYS BRUSHES BY TO THE SE OF US. GALE WRNG CONTG ALL MARINE WTRS. ZONES AVBL PRBLY SOMETIME BTWN 330 AND 4 PM. .PHI...GALE WRNG CST AND DE BAY. KRAUS
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in South Carolina, February 4, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, February 4, 2002
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 4, 2002
- High Wind in North Carolina, February 4, 2002
- High Wind in North Carolina, February 4 to 5, 2002
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, February 4, 2002
- High Wind in New Jersey, February 4, 2002
- Winter Storm in Maine, February 4 to 5, 2002
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, February 4 to 5, 2002
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 4, 2002
- High Wind in Maryland, February 4, 2002
- High Wind in North Carolina, February 4, 2002
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, February 2002
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: 5282617.