Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, March 24 to 25, 2002

Name: Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, March 24 to 25, 2002
Start: 2002-03-24T20:00
End: 2002-03-25T18:00
Location: Pennsylvania

March 24 to 25, 2002 · NWS CLE · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Heavy snow developed to the north of a stationary front stretching across southern Ohio and West Virginia. 3 inches at Erie International Airport.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $200,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 CLE wrote it up.

Heavy snow developed to the north of a stationary front stretching across southern Ohio and West Virginia. Snow accumulations ranged from 6 to 8 inches with a maximum of 8.3 inches at Erie International Airport. The snow was very wet and heavy making conditions on untreated roadways very treacherous.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 24, 4:35 PM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 4:35 PM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
435 PM EST SUN MAR 24 2002

UPDATED THE EXTREME NORTH TO RAISE THE POPS FOR EARLY TONIGHT.
OTHERWISE NO CHANGES.

.CLE...
OH...WINTER STORM WARN LATE TNGT THRU MON EVE.
PA...WINTER STORM WARN LATE TNGT THRU MON EVE.

KIELTYKA

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

3 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Crawford

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Crawford forecast zone
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.685, -80.106 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Northern Erie

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Northern Erie forecast zone
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 42.118, -80.098 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Southern Erie

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Southern Erie forecast zone
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 42.118, -80.098 (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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Pennsylvania, March 2002

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5284962, 5284963, 5284964.