Heavy Snow, Northern Wayne
- When
- March 22, 1:00 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Wayne forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 41.649, -75.303 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Snow accumulated up to 9 inches.
Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 22, 2019
A area of low pressure tracked along the Atlantic coast from the Carolinas on the 20th to the Canadian Maritimes by the morning of the 23rd. Precipitation began as rain across the region during the late afternoon of the 21st and then changed to heavy snow by the early morning hours of the 22nd.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 BGM wrote it up.
A area of low pressure tracked along the Atlantic coast from the Carolinas on the 20th to the Canadian Maritimes by the morning of the 23rd. Precipitation began as rain across the region during the late afternoon of the 21st and then changed to heavy snow by the early morning hours of the 22nd. Northern Wayne county was the hardest hit area in Northeastern Pennsylvania from this batch of heavy snow.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in New York, March 22 to 23, 2019
- Sneakerwave in California, March 22, 2019
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Vermont, March 22 to 23, 2019
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, March 22, 2019
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in New York, March 22 to 23, 2019
- Flood in North Dakota, March 22 to 24, 2019
- Tornadoes and Flood in Texas, March 22, 2019
- Flooding in South Dakota, March 22 to 31, 2019
- High Wind in Virginia, March 22, 2019
- Avalanche and Winter Weather in California, March 22 to 23, 2019
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 22 to 23, 2019
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, March 22, 2019
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, March 2019
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 814644.