Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, November 22, 2014

Name: Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, November 22, 2014
Start: 2014-11-22T10:00
End: 2014-11-22T13:00
Location: Pennsylvania

November 22, 2014 · NWS PBZ · 7 events in 7 counties and zones

An upper level shortwave crossing the upper Ohio Valley brought light freezing rain through the morning hours of the 22nd. a strong inversion at the surface did not allow for temperatures to warm above freezing at the onset precipitation.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 7

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.

An upper level shortwave crossing the upper Ohio Valley brought light freezing rain through the morning hours of the 22nd. While strong warm advection was ongoing ahead of the system aloft...a strong inversion at the surface did not allow for temperatures to warm above freezing at the onset precipitation. This allowed for a light glazing of ice on untreated surfaces over portions of eastern Ohio, the northern West Virginia panhandle, and counties north of I-70 in Pennsylvania. Several accidents were reported across the advisory area, including a head-on collision between a car and a school bus in Columbiana county, Ohio.

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 Nov 22, 8:36 AM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 22, 8:36 AM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

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Event by event

7 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Beaver

When: November 22, 10:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
Where: Beaver forecast zone
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 40.682, -80.349 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Mercer

When: November 22, 10:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where: Mercer forecast zone
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 41.302, -80.258 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Venango

When: November 22, 10:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where: Venango forecast zone
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 41.401, -79.758 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Allegheny

When: November 22, 10:30 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
Where: Allegheny forecast zone
Reported by: NWS Employee
Coordinates: 40.469, -79.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Butler

When: November 22, 10:30 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
Where: Butler forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 40.912, -79.913 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Armstrong

When: November 22, 11:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
Where: Armstrong forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 40.812, -79.464 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Clarion

When: November 22, 11:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where: Clarion forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 41.192, -79.421 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Weather: Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2014 Every state in 2014 This day in weather history Warnings in Pennsylvania, November 2014

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: 550209, 550718, 550719, 550207, 550210, 550717, 550720.