Heavy Snow, Forest
- When
- February 20, 11:00 PM EST to February 21, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Forest forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 41.513, -79.236 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, February 20 to 21, 2005
Snow began just after 12 PM on the 20th. West Hickory accumulated 6 inches of snow by 11 PM on 20th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 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 PBZ wrote it up.
Snow began just after 12 PM on the 20th. West Hickory accumulated 6 inches of snow by 11 PM on 20th. Then it turned to freezing rain until 4 AM on 21st.
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
- Debris Flow in California, February 20, 2005
- Wildfire in Puerto Rico, February 20 to 22, 2005
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New Jersey, February 20 to 21, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, February 20, 2005
- Winter Weather in New York, February 20 to 21, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, February 20, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, February 20, 2005
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, February 20 to 21, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, February 20, 2005
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, February 20, 2005
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, February 20, 2005
- Hail in Iowa, February 20, 2005
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, 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: 5438183.