A Winter Storm pushed up the Ohio Valley and across far southern Pennsylvania from January 19-20, 2019, producing 8 to 13 inches of snow along and north of the I-80 corridor. Farther to the south, the snow changed over to an extended period of sleet and freezing rain.
Every event with a place to put it; 17 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.
A Winter Storm pushed up the Ohio Valley and across far southern Pennsylvania from January 19-20, 2019, producing 8 to 13 inches of snow along and north of the I-80 corridor. Farther to the south, the snow changed over to an extended period of sleet and freezing rain. Up to 0.25 inches of ice accumulation was observed in the Laurel Highlands and portions of the Allegheny Mountains, with lesser amounts elsewhere. Plain rain was observed for a period across the 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 Jan 19, 10:50 AM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
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17 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
A winter storm produced 7 to 12 inches of snow across Warren County from January 19-20, 2019.
A winter storm produced 9 to 12 inches of snow across McKean County from January 19-20, 2019.
A winter storm produced 7 to 13 inches of snow across Potter County from January 19-20, 2019.
A winter storm produced 7 to 9 inches of snow and sleet across Elk County from January 19-20, 2019.
A winter storm produced 7 to 9 inches of snow and sleet across Cameron County from January 19-20, 2019.
A winter storm produced 8 to 12 inches of snow across Tioga County from January 19-20, 2019.
A winter storm produced 7 to 9 inches of snow and sleet across northern Clinton County from January 19-20, 2019.
A winter storm produced 6 to 12 inches of snow and sleet across Sullivan County from January 19-20, 2019.
A winter storm produced 4 to 6 inches of snow and sleet, followed by 0.25 of ice accumulation across Clearfield County from January 19-20, 2019.
A winter storm produced 5 to 9 inches of snow and sleet, followed by 0.25 of ice accumulation across Southern Centre County from January 19-20, 2019.
A winter storm produced 3 to 4 inches of snow and sleet, followed by 0.25 of ice accumulation across Cambria County from January 19-20, 2019.
A winter storm produced 6 to 9 inches of snow and sleet, followed by 0.25 of ice accumulation across Blair County from January 19-20, 2019.
A winter storm produced 1 to 6 inches of snow and sleet, followed by 0.25 of ice accumulation across Somerset County from January 19-20, 2019.
A winter storm produced 4 to 6 inches of snow and sleet, followed by 0.25 of ice accumulation across Bedford County from January 19-20, 2019.
A winter storm produced 7 to 9 inches of snow and sleet across northern Lycoming County from January 19-20, 2019.
A winter storm produced 5 to 9 inches of snow and sleet, followed by 0.25 of ice accumulation across southern Clinton County from January 19-20, 2019.
A winter storm produced 4 to 8 inches of snow and sleet, followed by 0.25 of ice accumulation across southern Lycoming County from January 19-20, 2019.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, January 2019
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: 794837, 794838, 794849, 794850, 794852, 794853, 794856, 794858, 798734, 798735, 798746, 798747, 798748, 798749, 798750, 798752, 798755.