Heavy Snow, Western Passaic
- When
- February 28, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Passaic forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.034, -74.300 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in New Jersey, February 28, 2005
A weak high pressure ridge extended southwest across the region from New England as a low pressure system intensified and moved northeast. Light snow developed between 1 and 3 pm during Monday afternoon.
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
- 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 OKX wrote it up.
A weak high pressure ridge extended southwest across the region from New England as a low pressure system intensified and moved northeast. This strong low passed south of Long Island Monday night and east of the New England coast during Tuesday.Light snow developed between 1 and 3 pm during Monday afternoon. As the low rapidly intensified and moved closer to the region, narrow bands of heavy snow swept northeast across the region. The last band of heavy snow swept northeast across the region between 6 am and 7 am Tuesday morning, March 1st. Storm Total Snowfall amounts ranged from 7 inches at Greenwood Lake to 9.0 inches at West Milford.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 28, 3:50 PM EST, 6 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 3:50 PM EST, 6 hours 10 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 4:57 AM EST, 17 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 457 AM EST MON FEB 28 2005 CTZ007-008-010>012-NYZ077>081-011200- NASSAU NY-NORTHEAST SUFFOLK NY-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX CT- NORTHERN NEW LONDON CT-NORTHWEST SUFFOLK NY-SOUTHEAST SUFFOLK NY- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX CT-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN CT-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON CT- SOUTHWEST SUFFOLK NY- 457 AM EST MON FEB 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT. ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OCEAN WATERS... ...GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LONG ISLAND SOUND... ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL MOVE JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...WHEN IT WILL MIX WITH RAIN AND SLEET AT TIMES...BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE 4 TO 8 INCH RANGE. A STRONG AND PERSISTENT EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND COMPONENT MAY CAUSE WIDESPREAD MINOR COASTAL FLOODING. HOWEVER...MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LONG ISLAND SOUND...PECONIC BAY...AND THE BACK BAYS ALONG THE OCEAN WATERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TUESDAY AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. REPORTS OF SNOWFALL AND ANY COASTAL FLOODING WOULD BE APPRECIATED. CTZ005-006-009-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>076-011200- BERGEN NJ-BRONX NY-EASTERN PASSAIC NJ-ESSEX NJ-HUDSON NJ- KINGS (BROOKLYN) NY-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) NY-NORTHERN FAIRFIELD CT- NORTHERN NEW HAVEN CT-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER NY-ORANGE NY-PUTNAM NY- QUEENS NY-RICHMOND (STATEN IS.) NY-ROCKLAND NY-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD CT- SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER NY-UNION NJ-WESTERN PASSAIC NJ- 457 AM EST MON FEB 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...NEW YORK CITY...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY. ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... ...STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OCEAN WATERS... ...GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LONG ISLAND SOUND AND NEW YORK HARBOR... ...COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND TONIGHT... .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL MOVE JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...WHEN IT WILL MIX WITH RAIN AND SLEET AT TIMES...BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE 6 TO 12 INCH RANGE. A STRONG AND PERSISTENT EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND COMPONENT MAY CAUSE WIDESPREAD MINOR COASTAL FLOODING. HOWEVER...MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LONG ISLAND SOUND AND THE BACK BAYS ALONG THE OCEAN WATERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TUESDAY AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. REPORTS OF SNOWFALL AND ANY COASTAL FLOODING WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
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, Eastern Passaic
- When
- February 28, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Passaic forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.034, -74.300 (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 Weather in Indiana, February 28, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, February 28, 2005
- Winter Storm in Virginia, February 28, 2005
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New Jersey, February 28, 2005
- Winter Storm in Maryland, February 28, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, February 28, 2005
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 28, 2005
- Storm Surge and High Surf in New Jersey, February 28, 2005
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, February 28, 2005
- Winter Weather in Virginia, February 28, 2005
- Winter Storm in Virginia, February 28, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 28, 2005
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5436960, 5436961.