Heavy Snow, Harlan
- When
- February 10, 6:40 AM EST to 9:43 PM EST
- Where
- Harlan forecast zone
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 36.857, -83.218 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 10, 2005
Deep low level moisture, combined with cold air and upslope flow associated with a passing upper level low pressure system, caused rain to change over to snow across eastern Kentucky. Road crews reported snow accumulations of up to 6 inches along Highway 160 on top of Black Mountain in Harlan County.
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
- 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 JKL wrote it up.
Deep low level moisture, combined with cold air and upslope flow associated with a passing upper level low pressure system, caused rain to change over to snow across eastern Kentucky. Road crews reported snow accumulations of up to 6 inches along Highway 160 on top of Black Mountain in Harlan County. Snowfall amounts of up to 4 inches were also reported on Pine Mountain along Highway 119 in Letcher County.
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, Letcher
- When
- February 10, 6:55 AM EST to 9:43 PM EST
- Where
- Letcher forecast zone
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
- Coordinates
- 37.121, -82.855 (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
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 10, 2005
- Winter Storm in New York, February 10, 2005
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 10, 2005
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 10, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Maine, February 10 to 11, 2005
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, February 10 to 11, 2005
- Winter Storm in Maine, February 10 to 11, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 10 to 11, 2005
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 10 to 11, 2005
- Winter Storm in Maine, February 10 to 11, 2005
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, February 10 to 13, 2005
- Storm Surge in New Jersey, February 10, 2005
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, February 2005
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5437168, 5437219.