Heavy Snow, Fayette
- When
- March 1, 6:00 AM EST to March 2, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Fayette forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 1 to 2, 1999
Strong northwesterly winds behind a deepening area of low pressure brought orographically enhanced heavy snow to the western ridges of the Laurel Highlands. Snowfall totals across western sections of Fayette and Westmoreland counties generally ranged from 1 to 3 inches, while snowfall on the highest ridges over extreme eastern sections of the counties accumulated up to 6 inches.
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 PBZ wrote it up.
Strong northwesterly winds behind a deepening area of low pressure brought orographically enhanced heavy snow to the western ridges of the Laurel Highlands. Snowfall totals across western sections of Fayette and Westmoreland counties generally ranged from 1 to 3 inches, while snowfall on the highest ridges over extreme eastern sections of the counties accumulated up to 6 inches.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Westmoreland
- When
- March 1, 6:00 AM EST to March 2, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Westmoreland forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
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
- Heavy Rain in Washington, March 1 to 15, 1999
- Flash Flood and Heavy Snow in Washington, March 1 to 31, 1999
- High Wind in North Carolina, March 1, 1999
- Cold in West Virginia, March 1 to 31, 1999
- Drought in Texas, March 1 to 31, 1999
- Drought in Wisconsin, March 1 to 31, 1999
- Drought in New Mexico, March 1 to 31, 1999
- Drought in Pennsylvania, March 1 to 15, 1999
- Cold in Ohio, March 1 to 31, 1999
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, March 1 to 31, 1999
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 1, 1999
- Drought in Maryland, March 1 to 31, 1999
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, March 1999
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: 5689052, 5689053.