Sunday winter storm affected mainly the Lehigh Valley, NW NJ, and the southern Poconos.
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.
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 PHI wrote it up.
Sunday winter storm affected mainly the Lehigh Valley, NW NJ, and the southern Poconos.
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 Jan 19, 12:49 PM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 winter weather, 1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Totals ranged from 9.5 in Coolbaugh Twp to 2.0 in Long Pond. Additionally, 0.11 of ice accretion was reported at the Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport (MPO).
A total of 2.0 was reported in Lower Towamensing Twp.
Totals ranged from 2.2 in Hamburg to 1.8 in Huffs Church.
Totals ranged from 3.0 in Germansville to 2.0 in Weisenberg. Additionally, 0.10 of ice accretion was reported in Catasququa and 0.04 at the Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE).
Totals likely met criteria based on surrounding observations.
Totals ranged from 3.9 in Danielsville to 1.5 in Nazareth.
Totals likely met advisory criteria based on surrounding observations.
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 795958, 795957, 795952, 795954, 795955, 795956, 795953.