Pennsylvania, 2018

Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, March 27 to 28, 2018

March 27 to 28, 2018 · NWS PHI · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A warm front over the Ohio valley associated with a weak area of low pressure, combined with temperatures near freezing, lead to the development of light freezing rain across the Southern Poconos during the overnight hours of Tuesday March 27th into the mid-morning of Wednesday March 28th. 14 inches.

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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 happened

The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.

A warm front over the Ohio valley associated with a weak area of low pressure, combined with temperatures near freezing, lead to the development of light freezing rain across the Southern Poconos during the overnight hours of Tuesday March 27th into the mid-morning of Wednesday March 28th. Ice accretion ranged from a Trace to 0.14 inches.

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 Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 27, 5:39 PM EST, 5 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 5:39 PM EST, 5 hours 21 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Carbon

When
March 27, 11:00 PM EST to March 28, 9:00 AM EST
Where
Carbon forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
40.918, -75.709 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A warm front over the Ohio valley associated with a weak area of low pressure, combined with temperatures near freezing, lead to the development of light freezing rain across the Southern Poconos during the overnight hours of Tuesday March 27th into the mid-morning of Wednesday March 28th. A trained spotter in nearby Pocono Summit measured an ice accretion of 0.14 inches.

Winter Weather, Monroe

When
March 27, 11:00 PM EST to March 28, 9:00 AM EST
Where
Monroe forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
41.058, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A warm front over the Ohio valley associated with a weak area of low pressure, combined with temperatures near freezing, lead to the development of light freezing rain across the Southern Poconos during the overnight hours of Tuesday March 27th into the mid-morning of Wednesday March 28th. A trained spotter in Pocono Summit measured an ice accretion of 0.14 inches.

What these are

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

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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: 739476, 739477.