Heavy Snow, Crawford
- When
- January 19, 1:00 AM EST to January 20, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Crawford forecast zone
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.685, -80.106 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 19 to 20, 2004
Cold northwest winds blowing across Lake Erie caused lake effect snow showers to develop early on the 19th. This activity persisted into the evening hours of the 19th and then dissipated.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- $500,000
- 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 CLE wrote it up.
Cold northwest winds blowing across Lake Erie caused lake effect snow showers to develop early on the 19th. This activity persisted into the evening hours of the 19th and then dissipated. Accumulations on the 19th ranged from 6 to 10 inches. Just after midnight on the 20th, an intense band of snow redeveloped over southern Erie and northern Crawford counties. Thunder and lightning were observed with this band and snowfall rates exceeded three inches per hour at times. The band moved slowly west during the predawn hours. Accumulations from midnight to daybreak on the 20th ranged from 8 to 14 inches over much of southern Erie and northern Crawford counties. The snow finally tapered off during the afternoon hours after several more inches of accumulation. Some locations saw nearly two feet of snow during this two day event. Travel was severely hampered by this storm and dozens of accidents were reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Southern Erie
- When
- January 19, 1:00 AM EST to January 20, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Erie forecast zone
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.118, -80.098 (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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Illinois, January 19, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, January 19, 2004
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 19 to 20, 2004
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 19 to 23, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Maine, January 19, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 19 to 20, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Maine, January 19, 2004
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Alaska, January 19 to 20, 2004
- Hail in Florida, January 19, 2004
- Winter Weather in Colorado, January 19 to 20, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 19 to 20, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Indiana, January 19 to 20, 2004
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, January 2004
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: 5386374, 5386375.