Pennsylvania, 2022Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, April 18 to 19, 2022
April 18 to 19, 2022 · NWS CTP · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
A late-season winter storm produced snow across most of central Pennsylvania April 18-19, 2022, with the heaviest snow falling across the northeastern highlands. Snow accumulation was largely elevation-dependent, with Sullivan County receiving 10-14 inches of snow.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 late-season winter storm produced snow across most of central Pennsylvania April 18-19, 2022, with the heaviest snow falling across the northeastern highlands. Snow accumulation was largely elevation-dependent, with Sullivan County receiving 10-14 inches of snow.
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 State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 18, 11:23 AM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 11:23 AM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 18, 12:56 PM EST, 25 minutes before
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- When
- April 18, 1:21 PM EST
- Where
- Bedford forecast zone
- Reported by
- State Official
- Coordinates
- 40.007, -78.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A vehicle accident in a late-season snowfall closed the westbound lanes of the Pennsylvania Turnpike at mile marker 163 in East Providence Township, Bedford County. There were multiple injuries reported, but not any specifics or numbers of injured. The westbound lanes were closed for about one and a half hours.
Heavy Snow, Sullivan
- When
- April 18, 4:00 PM EST to April 19, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Sullivan forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 41.446, -76.512 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A late-season winter storm produced 10 to 14 inches of snow across Sullivan County from late-afternoon on April 18 to the early morning hours of April 19, 2022.
Winter Weather, Perry
- When
- April 18, 10:59 PM EST
- Where
- Perry forecast zone
- Reported by
- State Official
- Coordinates
- 40.398, -77.262 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A five-vehicle accident and slick roads during a late-season snowfall closed U.S. 11/15 in both directions from PA Route 274 to U.S. Route 22/322 in Penn Township, Perry County. No injuries were reported. The southbound lanes reopened quickly, but the northbound lanes were closed for a little under two hours.
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
- 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.
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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: 1008872, 1008876, 1008875.