Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 10 to 12, 1998

Name: Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 10 to 12, 1998
Start: 1998-03-10T04:15
End: 1998-03-12T06:45
Location: Pennsylvania

March 10 to 12, 1998 · NWS CLE · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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.

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Event by event

2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Southern Erie

When: March 10, 4:15 AM EST to March 12, 6:30 AM EST
Where: Southern Erie forecast zone
Coordinates: 42.118, -80.098 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy lake effect snow developed during the early morning hours on the 10th and continued on and off (mainly inland) for three days before tapering off to a few snow showers. Temperatures near or above freezing each day and the warm March sunshine kept roadways mainly wet and travel problems were confined mainly to the night time and early morning hours. Winds gusted to 40 miles per hour at times on the 10th, and diminished a bit each day, but drifting snow was a problem throughout the event. Snow depths reached six inches by 11 AM on the 10th. Total snow fall amounts generally ranged from six to eight inches, with higher amounts of 24 inches in Edinboro, 22 inches at Franklin Center and 12 inches at Corry, all in Erie County; and 22 inches at Spartansburg in Crawford County.

Heavy Snow, Crawford

When: March 10, 4:30 AM EST to March 12, 6:45 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.

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The same day elsewhere

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5637616, 5637552.