An ice storm occurred across the middle and lower Susquehanna valley.
Every event with a place to put it; 15 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS CTP wrote it up.
An ice storm occurred across the middle and lower Susquehanna valley.
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 Feb 12, 7:24 PM EST, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 724 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 .SYNOPSIS... LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER EASTERN ARKANSAS LATE THIS MORNING WILL NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT...REACHING THE LOWER GREAT WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS STORM WILL BRING SNOW FOLLOWED BY A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE STATE THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH ON FRIDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING/... WARM AIR AT 850 SURGING NORTHWARD THIS EVENING TO PRODUCE A DRAMATIC BACK EDGE TO THE MODERATE SNOWFALL ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL PA. SURPRISINGLY VERY LITTLE SLEET BEING REPORTED WITH THE CHANGEOVER...MANY OBSERVERS REPORTED SNOW STRAIGHT TO FZRA AS PRECIP COMES TO AN END AND AIR TEMPS REMAINING IN THE MID TO UPPER TEENS. LIGHT SLEET IS FALLING OUT THE WINDOW HERE AT WFO STATE COLLEGE AT THIS TIME HOWEVER. ADJUSTED POPS AND WX GRIDS THROUGH 06Z TO REFLECT LATEST RADAR TRENDS. DO EXPECT MORE IN THE WAY OF FZDZ AFT MIDNIGHT BUT WILL WATCH AS THIS UNFOLDS THIS EVENING. AS INDICATED BY THE DAY SHIFT... SHORT TERM MODELS SHOW QUITE A LAG IN THE PRECIP FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...LASTING INTO THE DAYTIME HOURS ON WEDNESDAY... WHICH IS A BLESSING AS WE MAY AVOID SIGNIFICANT ACCUMUMULATIONS OF ICE. CURRENT HEADLINES IN GOOD SHAPE FOR BOTH REMAINING SNOWFALL NORTH OF I-80 THIS EVENING...AS WELL AS ADVISORY TYPE AMOUNTS OF FZRA OVERNIGHT. && .SHORT TERM /11 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY/... SREF 850 WIND VEERING TO THE WEST ACROSS WRN PENN AROUND 12Z WED. OVER THE SUSQ VALLEY...WEAK COASTAL DEVELOPMENT WILL HOLD THE PRECIP BACK TO AROUND 16-18Z. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY WEAK LOW TO MID LEVEL COLD ADVECTION AND A SLOW LIFTING OF THE CLOUD BASE. CLOUDY SKIES WITH LITTLE OR NO PRECIP WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...OUTSIDE OF RAIN SHOWERS MIXING WITH SOME WET SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE EAST...AND SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE WESTERN MTNS (WHERE THE SUBSIDENCE INVERSION BASE AND HIGH MOISTURE WILL BE 3 KFT AGL OR LESS). && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... RIDGING AT SFC AND ALOFT SHOULD PROVIDE FAIR AND SEASONAL CONDS THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT COULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY SCT SNOW SHWRS OVR THE ALLEGHENY HIGHLANDS FRIDAY. MED RANGE ENS DATA CONTINUES TO SUGGEST THE CHC FOR A SIG PRECIP EVENT IN THE SUN NITE TO MON NITE TIMEFRAME...AS DIGGING TROF OVR THE MIDWEST SPAWNS AN EAST COAST STORM. && .AVIATION /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... INTENSE BANDS OF SNOW OVER THE AREA AT MID AFTERNOON NOW QUICKLY MOVING NORTH OUT OF THE AREA. THE SNOW CAME DONW HARD AT TIMES...WITH ONE REPORT OF 2 INCHES IN LESS THAN AN HOUR ALONG RTE 30 IN YORK CO...ALONG WITH SOME THUNDER. MOST AREAS WILL SEE SPOTTY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE BY MIDNIGHT...WITH IFR AND EVEN SOME LIFR CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. SOME IMPROVEMENT ON WED...AS TEMPS WARM...ANY REMAINING PRECIPITATION WILL BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE. CONDITIONS MAINLY IN THE IFR AND MVFR RANGE...AS THE COASTAL LOW TAKES OVER. THE UPR TROF PUSHES EAST OF THE AREA BY THUR WITH IMPROVEMENT XPECTED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. SOME LOW CIGS/-SHSN MAY LINGER AT JST/BFD. A RETURN TO VFR LATER THUR INTO EARLY FRIDAY AS HIGH PRES BRIEFLY BUILDS INTO THE REGION. ANOTHER LOW PRES SYS AND ATTENDANT FRONT ARE FCST TO MOVE THRU FRI INTO SAT ACCOMPANIED BY REDUCED CIGS/VIS IN RA/SN SHWRS. LINGERING -SHSN IN THE WAKE OF THE FROPA COULD KEEP BFD/JST MVFR THRU EARLY SAT. && .EQUIPMENT... SOME MINOR THINGS EARLIER...HAD TO BRUSH OFF THE SBN DISH... BUT OK NOW. && .CTP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-056>059-063>066. && SYNOPSIS...TYBURSKI NEAR TERM...DEVOIR SHORT TERM...RXR/TYBURSKI LONG TERM...TYBURSKI AVIATION...MARTIN/RXR EQUIPMENT...MARTIN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 544 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 PAZ004>006-010>012-017>019-024>028-033>037-041-042-045-046-049>053- 056>059-063>066-131045- WARREN-MCKEAN-POTTER-ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD- NORTHERN CENTRE-SOUTHERN CENTRE-CAMBRIA-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN- JUNIATA-SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING- SULLIVAN-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR- NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY-DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND- ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- 544 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV/STATECOLLEGE ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
15 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Public reported over one quarter inch ice of accumulation in York Springs.
The Middletown ASOS reported over one quarter inch of ice accumulation.
Public reported one quarter inch of ice accumulation in Millersville.
Public reported one quarter inch of ice accumulation in Camp Hill.
The Selinsgrove ASOS reported over one quarter inch of ice accumulation.
Public reported over a quarter inch of ice accumulation in York and Rossville.
Perry County emergency management reported a quarter inch of ice accumulation.
Juniata County emergency management reported a quarter inch of ice accumulation.
Lebanon County emergency management reported a quarter inch of ice accumulation.
Schuylkill County emergency management reported a quarter inch of ice accumulation.
Columbia County emergency management reported a quarter inch of ice accumulation.
Montour County emergency management reported a quarter inch of ice accumulation.
Northumberland county emergency management reported a quarter inch of ice accumulation.
Union County emergency management reported a quarter inch of ice accumulation.
Public reported a quarter inch of ice accumulation in Hughesville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, February 2008
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: 80222, 80224, 80225, 80226, 80229, 80230, 80231, 80233, 80234, 80235, 80236, 80237, 80238, 80239, 80240.