Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, November 30, 2002

Name: Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, November 30, 2002
Start: 2002-11-30T12:00
End: 2002-11-30T23:59
Location: Pennsylvania

November 30, 2002 · NWS CTP · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Warren

When: November 30, 12:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
Where: Warren forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 41.815, -79.274 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

During the evening hours of Saturday, November 30th, cold arctic air spilled over the relatively tepid waters of Lake Erie, producing intense snow squalls across Warren and McKean Counties of northwest Pennsylvania. Snowfall rates of up to 2 inches per hour, combined with gusty west winds of 25 to 30 mph, created near blizzard conditions at times within the heaviest snow squalls. Total snowfall amounts generally ranged from 6 to 13 inches across Warren County, and 6 to 9 inches in McKean County, by the time the snow diminished during the mid-morning hours of Sunday, December 1st.

Heavy Snow, McKean

When: November 30, 12:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
Where: McKean forecast zone
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 41.808, -78.569 (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, November 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: 5318629, 5323407.