Heavy Snow, Fayette
- When
- March 7, 1:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fayette forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
Heavy snow averaged 6 inches across the highest elevations of Fayette county.
Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 7, 2007
A fast moving storm system brought heavy snow to the highest elevations of Western Pennsylvania, Northern West Virgina, and Garrett county Maryland.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 fast moving storm system brought heavy snow to the highest elevations of Western Pennsylvania, Northern West Virgina, and Garrett county Maryland.
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 Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 6, 3:36 PM EST, 9 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 3:36 PM EST, 9 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
336 PM EST TUE MAR 6 2007
.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
FAST MOVING CLIPPER MOVING FROM THE UPPER MS VALLEY INTO THE OHIO
VALLEY WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE REGION BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT.
EXPECT GENERALLY AROUND AN INCH OR TWO ACCUMULATION BY DAWN
WEDNESDAY...WITH REMAINDER OF ACCUMULATION OCCURRING MAINLY BY 18Z
WEDNESDAY. WILL ISSUE HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR WV/MD MOUNTAINS LATE
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AND SNOW ADVISORIES FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF
THE FORECAST AREA EXCEPT EXTREME NORTH AND A FEW EAST CENTRAL OH
COUNTIES.
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE DISTRICT THURSDAY WILL
BRING DRY WEATHER FOR THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT MOVING
ACROSS THE DISTRICT ON SATURDAY WILL BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
FOR FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. A SERIES OF WEAK UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCES WILL BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS FOR SUNDAY INTO
TUESDAY WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND MILD TEMPERATURES.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z-18Z/...
FAST MOVING SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE FROM THE UPPER MS VALLEY INTO
THE OHIO VALLEY LATE TONIGHT AND OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST BY
WEDNESDAY EVENING. VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO LATE THIS
EVENING WITH MID CLOUDS MOVING IN AFTER DARK. SNOW WILL RAPIDLY
SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA MAINLY AFTER 06Z WITH CEILING AND VISIBILITY
LOWERING TO MVFR THEN FURTHER LOWERING TO OCCASIONAL IFR CONDITIONS
BY 12Z WEDNESDAY.
&&
.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...HEAVY SNOW WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR MDZ001.
OH...SNOW ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR OHZ039>041-
049-050-059.
PA...SNOW ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR PAZ013>016-
020>023-029>032.
WV...SNOW ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR WVZ001>004-
012-021-022.
HEAVY SNOW WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR WVZ023-
041.
&&
14/06/14/Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 6, 9:35 PM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 935 PM EST TUE MAR 6 2007 MDZ001-WVZ023-041-080245- GARRETT-PRESTON-TUCKER- 935 PM EST TUE MAR 6 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN MARYLAND AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT. AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOWFALL IS INITIALLY EXPECTED AS HEAVY SNOW BEGINS DEVELOPING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WHIT A FAST MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS OF SNOWFALL WILL BE NEEDED. OHZ039>041-049-050-059-PAZ013>016-020>023-029>032-WVZ001>004-012- 021-022-080245- TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-BELMONT- LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-ARMSTRONG- INDIANA-WASHINGTON-WESTMORELAND-GREENE-FAYETTE-HANCOCK-BROOKE- OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA- 935 PM EST TUE MAR 6 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT LATE TONIGHT. AN INCH OF SNOWFALL IS INITIALLY EXPECTED AS SNOW BEGINS DEVELOPING. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH A FAST MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS OF SNOWFALL WILL BE NEEDED ON WEDNESDAY. OHZ048-057-058-068-069-PAZ007>009-080245- COSHOCTON-MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST- 935 PM EST TUE MAR 6 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT WITH AN INCH OF SNOWFALL INITIALLY EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THE CROSSING OF A FAST MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. 15
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, March 7, 2007
- Winter Weather in Delaware, March 7, 2007
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, March 7, 2007
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, March 7, 2007
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, March 7, 2007
- Winter Weather in Virginia, March 7, 2007
- Winter Weather in Maryland, March 7, 2007
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, March 7, 2007
- Winter Weather in Maryland, March 7, 2007
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 7, 2007
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 7 to 9, 2007
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 7 to 8, 2007
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, March 2007
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: 20356.