Heavy Snow, Fayette
- When
- January 19, 8:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fayette forecast zone
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 19, 2002
An area of low pressure passing just to the south of the region spread several inches of snow across Fayette and Westmoreland Counties. The lower elevations across the western portions of the counties generally received 2-4 inches of snow, while the ridges over the extreme eastern sections reported accumulations of between 4-6 inches.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 PBZ wrote it up.
An area of low pressure passing just to the south of the region spread several inches of snow across Fayette and Westmoreland Counties. The lower elevations across the western portions of the counties generally received 2-4 inches of snow, while the ridges over the extreme eastern sections reported accumulations of between 4-6 inches. Snow started falling by around dawn on the 19th and tapered to flurries during the late evening hours.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Westmoreland
- When
- January 19, 8:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Westmoreland forecast zone
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
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
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, January 19, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, January 19, 2002
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Kentucky, January 19, 2002
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, January 19, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, January 19, 2002
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New Jersey, January 19 to 20, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, January 19, 2002
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, January 19, 2002
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, January 19, 2002
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 19, 2002
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, January 19, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, January 19, 2002
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5278322, 5278323.