Pennsylvania, 2006

Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, January 25 to 26, 2006

January 25 to 26, 2006 · NWS CTP · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 winter storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 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

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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 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 State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 24, 3:02 PM EST, 21 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 3:02 PM EST, 21 hours 58 minutes before
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The radar

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

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Event by event

2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Warren

When
January 25, 1:00 PM EST to January 26, 4:00 AM EST
Where
Warren forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
41.815, -79.274 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold air passing across the unusually warm Great Lakes, combined with orographic lift to produce locally heavy snow squalls across the higher elevations of Warren and Somerset Counties from Wednesday afternoon on January 25th, into the early morning hours of Thursday January 26th. Localized snowfall accumulations of 6 to 10 inches occurred across the higher, west facing ridgetops of Somerset County, and up to 11 inches over the northwest portions of Warren County by the time the snow squalls tapered off early Thursday morning.

Winter Storm, Somerset

When
January 25, 1:00 PM EST to January 26, 4:00 AM EST
Where
Somerset forecast zone
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
39.972, -79.028 (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

More

Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, January 2006

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: 5492166, 5492167.