Low pressure tracked from the Tennessee Valley eastward across southern Virginia and off the Delmarva Coast, producing a swath of snow across central Pennsylvania from the evening of February 16 into the morning of February 17, 2024. A narrow swath of 6 to 10 inches of snow fell from the Laurel Highlands east-northeastward to the Lehigh Valley, with lesser amounts to the north and south of this…
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The episode as NWS CTP wrote it up.
Low pressure tracked from the Tennessee Valley eastward across southern Virginia and off the Delmarva Coast, producing a swath of snow across central Pennsylvania from the evening of February 16 into the morning of February 17, 2024. A narrow swath of 6 to 10 inches of snow fell from the Laurel Highlands east-northeastward to the Lehigh Valley, with lesser amounts to the north and south of this heavier swath.
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.
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6 heavy snow, 2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
A winter storm brought 6 to 8 inches of snowfall to Cambria County beginning on the evening of February 16 and continuing into the late morning hours of February 17, 2024.
A winter storm produced 6 to 8 inches, with localized pockets up to 9 inches, of snowfall in Somerset County as snow began on the evening of February 16 and continued into the morning hours of February 17, 2024.
A winter storm produced 4 to 7 inches of snowfall in Cumberland County beginning on the evening of February 16 through the mid-morning hours of February 17, 2024.
A winter storm produced 7 to 9 inches of snowfall in Perry County as snow began on the evening of February 16 and continued to fall into the morning of February 17, 2024.
A winter storm produced 4 to 8 inches of snowfall, with localized areas of up to 9 inches in higher elevations of Dauphin County as snow began on the evening of February 16 and fell through the morning hours of February 17, 2024.
A winter storm produced 4 to 9 inches of snowfall to Lebanon County as snow began on the evening of February 16 and continued into the morning hours of February 17, 2024.
A winter weather event produced 2 to 4 inches of snow cross northern Centre County from the evening of February 16 into the early morning hours of February 17, 2024. As a result, a multi-vehicle accident involving 3 tractor-trailers occurred on I-80 eastbound in Boggs Township between the exits at PA-150 and PA-144. This resulted in the complete closure of the eastbound lanes for roughly 1.5 hours, with only one lane opening for another 2.5 hours before both eastbound lanes were opened. No injuries were reported.
A winter weather event produced 3 to 5 inches of snow across Union County from the evening of February 16 into the morning hours of February 17, 2024. As a result, a tractor-trailer slid off of I-80 eastbound and into the median between Mile Run Road and US-15 in White Deer Township. One eastbound lane remained open during the clean-up, which lasted nearly 3 hours. No injuries were reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, February 2024
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: 1154962, 1154967, 1154963, 1154966, 1154964, 1154965, 1152501, 1152502.