Winter Storm, Carbon
- When
- March 21, 7:00 AM EST to March 22, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Carbon forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.918, -75.709 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, March 21 to 22, 1998
A winter storm dropped around six inches of snow over the higher terrain of Carbon and Monroe Counties from daybreak on the 21st through sunrise on the 22nd. Precipitation started as rain before dawn on the 21st, but as cold air was drawn into the Poconos from New York State and Canada, precipitation slowly changed over from rain to sleet and then snow, starting first in the higher elevations.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
A winter storm dropped around six inches of snow over the higher terrain of Carbon and Monroe Counties from daybreak on the 21st through sunrise on the 22nd. Precipitation started as rain before dawn on the 21st, but as cold air was drawn into the Poconos from New York State and Canada, precipitation slowly changed over from rain to sleet and then snow, starting first in the higher elevations. Periods of snow persisted through the night of the 21st until the upper level low guiding the surface low pressure system (near Cape Cod the morning of the 22nd) moved through the region. Accumulations included 6 inches at Indian Mountain Lakes (Carbon County) and 3.5 inches in East Stroudsburg. The low pressure system that caused the heavy snow moved northeast from North Carolina early in the morning on the 21st, to just east of Delaware the evening of the 21st to Cape Cod the morning of the 22nd. The upper level low steering the surface system moved through New Jersey during the early morning on the 22nd.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Monroe
- When
- March 21, 7:00 AM EST to March 22, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Monroe forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.058, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
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The same day elsewhere
- Flooding in Oregon, March 21 to 22, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 21 to 22, 1998
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 21 to 22, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 21 to 22, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 21 to 22, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Vermont, March 21 to 22, 1998
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 21 to 22, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Maine, March 21 to 22, 1998
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Massachusetts, March 21 to 22, 1998
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in Virginia, March 21, 1998
- Winter Storm in New York, March 21 to 22, 1998
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, March 21 to 22, 1998
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, March 1998
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: 5636705, 5636815.