Heavy Snow, Crawford
- When
- December 16, 7:00 PM EST to December 18, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Crawford forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.685, -80.106 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 16 to 18, 1998
Lake effect snow accumulated an average of six to ten inches. Some higher amounts were recorded in Crawford County at Cambridge Springs (14"), Candohta Lake (26") and Meadville (16"); and in Erie County at Union City (22") and Franklin Center (13").
Where it happened
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- 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 CLE wrote it up.
Lake effect snow accumulated an average of six to ten inches. Some higher amounts were recorded in Crawford County at Cambridge Springs (14"), Candohta Lake (26") and Meadville (16"); and in Erie County at Union City (22") and Franklin Center (13"). In Crawford County, trees were downed by the heavy snow.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Southern Erie
- When
- December 16, 7:00 PM EST to December 18, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Erie forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.118, -80.098 (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.
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5673405, 5673406.