Ice Storm, Broome
- When
- January 1, 10:00 PM EST to January 2, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Broome forecast zone
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.160, -75.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm in New York, January 1 to 2, 2003
A low pressure system in Mississippi, New Year's Eve, moved northeast to the Tennessee/North Carolina border the morning of the 1st. The storm then picked up speed to be in northeast Pennsylvania the evening of New Year's Day.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $1.1 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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 BGM wrote it up.
A low pressure system in Mississippi, New Year's Eve, moved northeast to the Tennessee/North Carolina border the morning of the 1st. The storm then picked up speed to be in northeast Pennsylvania the evening of New Year's Day. The next morning it was off the coast of Maine. A cold front with rain passed southeast of the area New Year's Eve. This allowed a north to northeast wind to set up at the surface which brought in cold air during most of the 1st. Precipitation well ahead of the storm started around 10 AM on the 1st. Precipitation started as mostly rain but as colder air moved in the rain began to freeze. The freezing rain was heavy at times in the evening before ending in the early morning of the 2nd. Ice amounts were the thickest at the higher elevations with mostly a quarter to a half inch. There were a fewer higher amounts reported. Melted precipitation amounts were an inch or more. The ice caused trees and wires to come down. Around 15,000 customers lost power in the area. The hardest hit area with 2,000 customers without power was northern Broome County and southern Cortland County. The ice remained on the trees and wires through the January 3rd snowstorm causing more wires to come down.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Ice Storm, Chemung
- When
- January 1, 10:00 PM EST to January 2, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Chemung forecast zone
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.141, -76.760 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Chenango
- When
- January 1, 10:00 PM EST to January 2, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Chenango forecast zone
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.494, -75.612 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Cortland
- When
- January 1, 10:00 PM EST to January 2, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Cortland forecast zone
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.595, -76.070 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Delaware
- When
- January 1, 10:00 PM EST to January 2, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Delaware forecast zone
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.198, -74.966 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Otsego
- When
- January 1, 10:00 PM EST to January 2, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Otsego forecast zone
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.634, -75.033 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Tioga
- When
- January 1, 10:00 PM EST to January 2, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Tioga forecast zone
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.170, -76.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Tompkins
- When
- January 1, 10:00 PM EST to January 2, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Tompkins forecast zone
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.452, -76.474 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm, Schuyler
- When
- January 1, 10:00 PM EST to January 2, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Schuyler forecast zone
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.394, -76.875 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Ice Storm
- Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Drought in Georgia, January 1 to 28, 2003
- High Wind in Washington, January 1 to 2, 2003
- Ice Storm in Pennsylvania, January 1 to 2, 2003
- Drought in New Mexico, January 1 to 31, 2003
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in Virginia, January 1, 2003
- Drought in Colorado, January 1 to 31, 2003
- Winter Storm in Missouri, January 1 to 2, 2003
- Winter Storm in New York, January 1 to 2, 2003
- Ice Storm in Pennsylvania, January 1 to 2, 2003
- Drought in Texas, January 1 to 31, 2003
- Drought in Utah, January 1 to 31, 2003
- High Wind in Texas, January 1, 2003
More
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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: 5341875, 5341876, 5341877, 5341878, 5341879, 5341880, 5341881, 5341882, 5341883.