Heavy Snow, Clarion
- When
- March 6, 4:00 AM EST to March 7, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Clarion forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.192, -79.421 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 6 to 7, 1999
A winter storm spread snowfall amounts as high as 8 inches over portions of west central Pennsylvania. In Forest County, snowfall reports included 8 inches in West Hickory, 6 to 7 inches in Marienville and 5 to 6 inches in Tionesta.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- 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
- 5
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.
A winter storm spread snowfall amounts as high as 8 inches over portions of west central Pennsylvania. In Forest County, snowfall reports included 8 inches in West Hickory, 6 to 7 inches in Marienville and 5 to 6 inches in Tionesta. In Venango County, spotters in Oil City reported 8 inches of snow and 5 to 7 inches in Franklin. In the Sigel area of Jefferson County, 7 to 8 inches of snow were reported, with 5 to 7 inches measured across Clarion and Mercer Counties.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Forest
- When
- March 6, 4:00 AM EST to March 7, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Forest forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.513, -79.236 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Jefferson
- When
- March 6, 4:00 AM EST to March 7, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.128, -78.999 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Mercer
- When
- March 6, 4:00 AM EST to March 7, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Mercer forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.302, -80.258 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Venango
- When
- March 6, 4:00 AM EST to March 7, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Venango forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.401, -79.758 (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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Florida, March 6, 1999
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 6, 1999
- Winter Storm in New York, March 6 to 7, 1999
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Maine, March 6 to 8, 1999
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 6 to 7, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, March 6 to 7, 1999
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, March 6 to 7, 1999
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 6 to 7, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 6, 1999
- Winter Storm in New York, March 6 to 7, 1999
- Hail in Mississippi, March 6, 1999
- Winter Weather in Maryland, March 6, 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: 5688438, 5688439, 5688440, 5688441, 5688442.