Pennsylvania, 2018Winter 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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- 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.
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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</html>Winter Weather, Carbon
- When
- March 27, 11:00 PM EST to March 28, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Carbon forecast zone
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- 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.
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- 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.
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, March 27, 20181 death · $2,000 · 56 kt wind · 2 events
- Wildfire in Florida, March 27 to 28, 2018$500,000 · 1 event
- Flood in Iowa, March 27 to 31, 2018$100,000 · 1 event
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, March 27 to 28, 2018$10,000 · EF0 · 32 events
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Arkansas, March 27, 2018$25,000 · EF0 · 7 events
- Hail in Texas, March 27, 2018$20,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events
- Hail in Texas, March 27, 20181.5 in hail · 4 events
- Drought in Texas, March 27 to 31, 20182 events
- Damaging Wind and Heavy Rain in Arkansas, March 27 to 28, 201852 kt wind · 2 events
- High Wind in Montana, March 27, 201855 kt wind · 2 events
- Flooding in Oklahoma, March 27 to 29, 20182 events
- Winter Weather in Colorado, March 27, 20181 event
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.