Heavy Snow, Northern Erie
- When
- January 26, 1:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Erie forecast zone
- Property damage
- $35,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.118, -80.098 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 26, 2003
Cold north to northwest winds blowing across Lake Erie caused lake effect snow showers to develop during the early morning hours. These snow showers intensified after daybreak and persisted into the early evening hours.
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
- $35,000
- 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 CLE wrote it up.
Cold north to northwest winds blowing across Lake Erie caused lake effect snow showers to develop during the early morning hours. These snow showers intensified after daybreak and persisted into the early evening hours. Snowfall totals in northern Erie County ranged from 5 to 7 inches with most areas seeing at least 6 inches of accumulation. Most of the accumulation occurred during the late morning and early afternoon hours.
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
- Extreme Cold in Michigan, January 26, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, January 26 to 27, 2003
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 26, 2003
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, January 26 to 27, 2003
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 26 to 27, 2003
- High Wind in Montana, January 26 to 27, 2003
- Winter Storm in Ohio, January 26, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 26, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Indiana, January 26, 2003
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, January 26 to 27, 2003
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, January 26 to 27, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, January 26, 2003
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, January 2003
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: 5339415.