Winter Weather, Carbon
- When
- March 18, 1:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Carbon forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.918, -75.709 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, March 18, 1998
Light sleet and freezing rain overspread the sheltered valleys of Carbon and Monroe Counties during the first half of the day on the 18th. Precipitation started shortly after midnight as sleet and freezing rain and slowly changed over to plain rain as the morning progressed.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
Light sleet and freezing rain overspread the sheltered valleys of Carbon and Monroe Counties during the first half of the day on the 18th. Precipitation started shortly after midnight as sleet and freezing rain and slowly changed over to plain rain as the morning progressed. The rain ended by noon across the Poconos. Storm totals were generally under two tenths of an inch. Untreated roadways were hazardous. A low pressure system in the Mississippi Valley pumped moisture eastward into the Middle Atlantic States. Unfortunately while it was warm enough for rain above the ground, the cold air near the surface left by a departing high pressure system made precipitation fall as sleet and/or freezing rain.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Weather, Monroe
- When
- March 18, 1:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Monroe forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.058, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 18 to 19, 1998
- Winter Storm in Kansas, March 18 to 19, 1998
- Flash Flood in Florida, March 18 to 19, 1998
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 18 to 19, 1998
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 18, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Texas, March 18 to 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 18, 1998
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, March 18, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, March 18 to 19, 1998
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, March 18, 1998
- Winter Storm in Kansas, March 18 to 19, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, March 18, 1998
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5636698, 5636699.