Pennsylvania, 2023Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, March 29, 2023
March 29, 2023 · NWS CTP · 1 event in 1 county or zone
A strong cold front crossed central Pennsylvania during the evening of March 29, 2023, accompanied by a band of rain showers that quickly changed over to snow showers behind the front. Although roads were relatively warm to start, a quick drop in temperatures behind the front caused icy conditions to form in some areas.
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- 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.
A strong cold front crossed central Pennsylvania during the evening of March 29, 2023, accompanied by a band of rain showers that quickly changed over to snow showers behind the front. Although roads were relatively warm to start, a quick drop in temperatures behind the front caused icy conditions to form in some areas. Wind gusts over 40 mph were observed as well.
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 Mar 29, 7:17 PM EST, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 7:17 PM EST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 29, 7:03 PM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
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- When
- March 29, 9:25 PM EST to 11:55 PM EST
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- Northern Centre forecast zone
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- Coordinates
- 40.919, -77.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Post-frontal snow showers and a quick temperature drop led to patchy icy conditions on Centre County roadways on the evening of March 29, 2023. This, combined with winds gusting over 40 mph, led to a tractor trailer rollover on the 5500 block of Port Matilda Highway (US Route 322) westbound in Worth Township. The westbound lanes were closed for approximately two and a half hours as a result of the accident.
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- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Utah, March 29 to 31, 2023$60,000 · 54 kt wind · 8 events
- Heavy Snow and Heavy Rain in Idaho, March 29 to 30, 20238 events
- Flood and Heavy Snow in California, March 29 to 30, 20235 events
- Strong Wind and Winter Weather in New York, March 29, 20234 events
- Frost and Freeze in Tennessee, March 29, 20233 events
- Damaging Wind and High Wind in Nevada, March 29 to 30, 202363 kt wind · 2 events
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 29 to 30, 20232 events
- Winter Storm in California, March 29 to 30, 20231 event
- Flash Flood in Hawaii, March 29 to 30, 20231 event
- Flood in Florida, March 29, 20231 event
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: 1079031.