Heavy Snow, Fayette
- When
- January 5, 3:00 AM EST to January 6, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Fayette forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 5 to 6, 2010
Broad low pressure swept cold moist air across the upper Ohio valley. Heavy snow fell across Garrett county Maryland as well as the ridges of northern West Virginia and Fayette county in Pennsylvania.
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.
Broad low pressure swept cold moist air across the upper Ohio valley. Heavy snow fell across Garrett county Maryland as well as the ridges of northern West Virginia and Fayette county in Pennsylvania. Snow showers accumulated 8 to 16 inches across these regions with the larger amounts across higher elevations. Snow showers across the remiander of western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio and northern West Virginia produced light accumulations.
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
- Flood in Idaho, January 5 to 6, 2010
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in North Dakota, January 5 to 7, 2010
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, January 5 to 6, 2010
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Montana, January 5 to 6, 2010
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, January 5 to 6, 2010
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, January 5 to 7, 2010
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, January 5 to 6, 2010
- Heavy Snow in Maryland, January 5 to 6, 2010
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, January 2010
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: 210695.