Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 19, 2002

Name: Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 19, 2002
Start: 2002-01-19T10:00
End: 2002-01-19T22:00
Location: Pennsylvania

January 19, 2002 · NWS CTP · 8 events in 8 counties and zones

8 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 8 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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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 8

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.

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Event by event

8 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, McKean

When: January 19, 10:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: McKean forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 41.808, -78.569 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Low pressure developed rapidly across the lower Mississippi Valley and intensified as it moved northeast through the mid-Atlantic region. The low pressure system then reformed off the Delmarva Coast. Snow from the system began across the southern tier counties of central Pennsylvania around 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 19th. A second band of snow set up across the northern tier of Pennsylvania around noon on Saturday, slowly sinking southward during the day. Most of central Pennsylvania was sandwiched between these two areas, receiving 2 to 4 inches of snow. Snowfall of 6 inches or more fell across the northern tier counties, and also across the far southeast. Maximum reported snowfall in the WFO State College area of responsibility with this storm was 8 inches in Coudersport, Potter County.

Heavy Snow, Lancaster

When: January 19, 10:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: Lancaster forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.042, -76.248 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Lebanon

When: January 19, 10:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: Lebanon forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.367, -76.458 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Potter

When: January 19, 10:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: Potter forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 41.745, -77.896 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Schuylkill

When: January 19, 10:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: Schuylkill forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.706, -76.216 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Sullivan

When: January 19, 10:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: Sullivan forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 41.446, -76.512 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Tioga

When: January 19, 10:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: Tioga forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 41.772, -77.254 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, York

When: January 19, 10:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: York forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 39.920, -76.726 (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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Pennsylvania, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5278280, 5278281, 5278282, 5278283, 5278284, 5278285, 5278286, 5278287.