Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena - CIG

PENNSYLVANIA, Easta couple of inches over the higher terrain. Accumulations included 1 inch at Hamburg and 0.5 inches at the Lehigh ValleyInternational Airport. The low pressure system that caused the wintry mix moved northeast from North Carolina early in themorning on the 21st, to just east of Delaware the evening of the 21st to Cape Cod the morning of the 22nd. The upper level lowsteering the surface system moved through New Jersey during the early morning on the 22nd.Carbon - Monroe - Berks - Lehigh - Northampton - Chester - Montgomery - Bucks - Delaware - PhiladelphiaPAZ054>055-060>062-067>071PENNSYLVANIA, NortheastPAZ039>040-044-048PENNSYLVANIA, NorthwestPAZ001PAZ002>003PAZ002>003Storm Data and Unusual Weather PhenomenaTimePath PathNumber ofEstimatedLocal/ Length WidthPersonsDamageLocation DateStandard (Miles) (Yards) Killed Injured Property Crops Character of StormMarch 199827 1000EST0 0Unseasonably Warm31 1800ESTAn unseasonably warm air mass for late March brought record breaking high temperatures across Eastern Pennsylvania from March27th through March 31st. The warmest days were the 30th around the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area and either the 30th or 31st inBerks County, the Lehigh Valley and the Poconos. Several locations across the Middle Atlantic States established new Marchmonthly high temperature records including the Lehigh Valley International Airport on the 30th with a high of 87 degrees.The previous March monthly record was 86 degrees set on March 29, 1945. Daily high temperature records were broken at theLehigh Valley International Airport on the 27th, 30th and 31st and on the 30th (one degree shy of the monthly record) at thePhiladelphia International Airport. The high of 81 degrees on the 31st tied the record high for the day in Philadelphia. AcrossEastern Pennsylvania, the highest temperatures included 89 degrees in King of Prussia (Montgomery County), and Crum Creek(Delaware County), 88 degrees in Reading (Berks County), New Hope (Bucks County), the Willow Grove NAS (MontgomeryCounty), East Stroudsburg (Monroe County) and the Northeast Philadelphia Airport, 87 degrees in Easton (Northampton County)and the Lehigh Valley International Airport, 86 degrees at the Philadelphia International Airport and 84 degrees in Mount Pocono(Monroe County). Cloudiness and a cold frontal passage on April 1st slowly brought temperatures back to seasonal levels in earlyApril.Susquehanna - Wayne - Lackawanna - Pike20 1900EST0 0Heavy Snow22 0900ESTA low pressure system slowly intensified over the Carolinas from the evening of the 20th through much of the day on the 21st.A notable spoke of upper level energy rotated around this storm and affected parts of northeastern Pennsylvania from late in th eevening on the 20th into the early morning hours on the 21st. A burst of heavy snow resulted, which was mixed with sleet an dfreezing rain. This round of mixed precipitation brought an ice coating up to a quarter of an inch thick on exposed surfaces acrossthe higher elevations just outside of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton metropolitan area. Also, 2 to 5 inches of snow fell within roughly a6 hour period in areas north of Scranton.From the evening of the 21st through the 22nd, the storm center began to move northeastward off the Mid-Altantic coast whilestrengthening further. As this occurred, narrow bands of very heavy snowfall developed overnight into the early morning of the22nd across the northern tier and Pocono regions.Snowfall totals for this entire event were heaviest to the north and east of Scranton. Accumulations of 6 to 10 inches werecommon. Equinunk and Dyberry township in Wayne county picked up 8 to 10 inches of snow while Bushkill in Pike county andGreat Bend in Susquehanna county received 6 to 7 inches of fresh powder.Northern Erie08 1600EST1700EST0 0 50KHigh WindNortheast winds up to 60 miles per hour along the lakeshore downed a tree on a house in Fairview and another tree fell on a hous ein Erie. Cablevision and power lines were downed.Southern Erie - Crawford10 0415EST0 0Heavy Snow12 0645ESTHeavy lake effect snow developed during the early morning hours on the 10th and continued on and off (mainly inland) for threedays before tapering off to a few snow showers. Temperatures near or above freezing each day and the warm March sunshine kep troadways mainly wet and travel problems were confined mainly to the night time and early morning hours. Winds gusted to 40miles per hour at times on the 10th, and diminished a bit each day, but drifting snow was a problem throughout the event. Snowdepths reached six inches by 11 AM on the 10th. Total snow fall amounts generally ranged from six to eight inches, with highe ramounts of 24 inches in Edinboro, 22 inches at Franklin Center and 12 inches at Corry, all in Erie County; and 22 inches a tSpartansburg in Crawford County.Southern Erie - Crawford14 0415EST0 0Heavy Snow1915EST145 139