Winter Storm, Northern Wayne
- When
- January 3, 10:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Wayne forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.649, -75.303 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, January 3, 2006
A low pressure system tracked into the Ohio Valley Monday night on the 2nd and weakened while a secondary low formed off the Mid-Atlantic Coast Tuesday the 3rd while tracking out to sea. The storm system brought a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain to upstate New York and northeast Pennsylvania Monday night and Tuesday morning.
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 BGM wrote it up.
A low pressure system tracked into the Ohio Valley Monday night on the 2nd and weakened while a secondary low formed off the Mid-Atlantic Coast Tuesday the 3rd while tracking out to sea. The storm system brought a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain to upstate New York and northeast Pennsylvania Monday night and Tuesday morning. The snow and mixed precipitation tapered off by Tuesday afternoon. While snow accumulations were generally less than 6 inches across the area, some locations received higher amounts. In Sullivan County, snowfall amounts ranged from 10 to 14 inches with Bloomingburg measuring 13.5 inches, while Liberty had 11.5 inches. In Otsego County, Laurens received 8.0 inches with the rest of the county seeing less than 4 inches. Pleasant Mount in Wayne County, Pennsylvania measured 7.0 inches of new snow.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Southern Wayne
- When
- January 3, 10:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Wayne forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.649, -75.303 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Massachusetts, January 3, 2006
- Wildfire in Oklahoma, January 3, 2006
- Wildfire in Texas, January 3, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, January 3, 2006
- Coastal Flood in New Jersey, January 3, 2006
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, January 3, 2006
- Winter Storm in New York, January 3, 2006
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, January 3, 2006
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, January 3, 2006
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 3, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, January 3, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, January 3, 2006
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, January 2006
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: 5491402, 5491403.