A strong and slow moving upper-level low centered in the northern Plains impacted portions of the Ohio River Valley with the passage of the warm front on December 15th. Ice accumulated in the ridges of the Laurel Highlands and along our northeastern county warning area with surface temperatures below freezing due to surface winds prevailing from the east.
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The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
A strong and slow moving upper-level low centered in the northern Plains impacted portions of the Ohio River Valley with the passage of the warm front on December 15th. Ice accumulated in the ridges of the Laurel Highlands and along our northeastern county warning area with surface temperatures below freezing due to surface winds prevailing from the east. Freezing rain eventually turned to rain as the 50kt low-level jet shifts east into western Pennsylvania.
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 Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 14, 9:12 PM EST, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 937 PM EST Wed Dec 14 2022 OHZ039-040-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ029-031-WVZ001>004-012-021-509- 160245- Tuscarawas-Carroll-Coshocton-Harrison-Jefferson OH-Muskingum- Guernsey-Belmont-Noble-Monroe-Washington-Greene-Hancock-Brooke-Ohio- Marshall-Wetzel-Marion-Monongalia- 937 PM EST Wed Dec 14 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Ohio, southwest Pennsylvania, and northern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ016-023-074-076-WVZ512-514-160245- Jefferson PA-Indiana-Higher Elevations of Westmoreland- Higher Elevations of Fayette-Eastern Preston-Eastern Tucker- 937 PM EST Wed Dec 14 2022 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THURSDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for western Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Ice Storm Warning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Ice Storm Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. PAZ007>009-014-015-022-160245- Mercer-Venango-Forest-Butler-Clarion-Armstrong- 937 PM EST Wed Dec 14 2022 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Pennsylvania and western Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to Standard Operating Procedures. OHZ041-PAZ013-020-021-073-075-WVZ510-511-513-160245- Columbiana-Lawrence-Beaver-Allegheny-Westmoreland-Fayette- Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston-Preston- Western Tucker- 937 PM EST Wed Dec 14 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Ohio, southwest Pennsylvania, western Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia. .DAY ONE...Tonight. A brief period of freezing rain is possible overnight into early Thursday morning, with a spotty glaze of icing on elevated surfaces possible. If the threat of more widespread icing increases, a Winter Weather Advisory may be issued. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
A quarter to a half inch of ice was reported in the ridges of Preston County during the morning and early afternoon of December 15th. Highest report was in Terra Alta, WV.
Over a quarter ice of ice was observed across eastern Tucker County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in West Virginia in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, December 2022
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: 1068840, 1068841.