Heavy Snow, Newport
- When
- January 19, 1:00 PM EST to January 20, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Newport forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -71.281 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Rhode Island, January 19 to 20, 2002
Low pressure passing south of New England brought a period of heavy snow to Newport County. Snowfall totals of 7 inches were reported in Tiverton and Portsmouth, with generally 2 to 5 inches reported elsewhere in southern Rhode Island.
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 BOX wrote it up.
Low pressure passing south of New England brought a period of heavy snow to Newport County. Snowfall totals of 7 inches were reported in Tiverton and Portsmouth, with generally 2 to 5 inches reported elsewhere in southern Rhode Island.
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
- 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 Rhode Island in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Rhode Island, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5279325.