Heavy Snow, Northern Erie
- When
- March 6, 5:00 PM EST to March 7, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Erie forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.118, -80.098 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 6 to 7, 1997
Heavy lake effect snow fell, with accumulations of six to ten inches. A maximum amount of 10 inches was reported in Amity Township in Erie County.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 3
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 CLE wrote it up.
Heavy lake effect snow fell, with accumulations of six to ten inches. A maximum amount of 10 inches was reported in Amity Township in Erie County. Also in Erie County, Union City and Corry each reported seven inches. In Crawford County, Cambridge Springs and Riceville both received six inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Southern Erie
- When
- March 6, 5:00 PM EST to March 7, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Erie forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.118, -80.098 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Crawford
- When
- March 6, 5:00 PM EST to March 7, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Crawford forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.685, -80.106 (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
- High Wind in New York, March 6, 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, March 6, 1997
- High Wind in New York, March 6, 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, March 6, 1997
- Strong Wind in Maryland, March 6, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 6, 1997
- Strong Wind in Virginia, March 6, 1997
- Strong Wind in West Virginia, March 6, 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in New Jersey, March 6 to 7, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, March 6, 1997
- Winter Storm in Maine, March 6, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 6, 1997
More
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5593647, 5593648, 5593649.