Pennsylvania, 2025Ice Storm in Pennsylvania, February 6, 2025
February 6, 2025 · NWS CTP · 1 event in 1 county or zone
A low-level jet approaching west-central Pennsylvania, coupled with a shortwave trough, allowed for ample warm air advection in the lower-levels with relatively cold air at the surface. This allowed for freezing rain and freezing drizzle to occur across the Laurel Highlands beginning during the evening hours of February 5, 2025 and continuing into the morning of February 6th.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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A low-level jet approaching west-central Pennsylvania, coupled with a shortwave trough, allowed for ample warm air advection in the lower-levels with relatively cold air at the surface. This allowed for freezing rain and freezing drizzle to occur across the Laurel Highlands beginning during the evening hours of February 5, 2025 and continuing into the morning of February 6th. Significant icing began to occur across Cambria County during this timeframe with portions of Lancaster County also experiencing ice accumulation. A quick warming trend in temperatures emerged during the late morning hours of February 6th, allowing for a quick transition back into rain.
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 Feb 5, 10:57 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 10:57 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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</html>Ice Storm, Cambria
- When
- February 6, 12:00 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Cambria forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 40.495, -78.714 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
An ice storm impacted Cambria County on February 6, 2025. Total freezing rain accumulation generally ranged from 0.15 inches to 0.3 inches, though locally higher amounts were reported. The largest ice accumulation was reported at the John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport where the ASOS measured 0.38 inches of ice.
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- Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Tennessee, February 6 to 7, 20252 deaths · 3 injured · $840,000 · EF2 · 14 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, February 6, 20252 injured · $4.1 million · EF2 · 9 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in West Virginia, February 6 to 7, 2025$32,000 · 50 kt wind · 79 events
- Debris Flow and Flooding in California, February 6 to 8, 2025$30,000 · 16 events
- Winter Weather in New York, February 6, 202527 events
- Heavy Rain and Winter Weather in California, February 6, 2025$18,000 · 5 events
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, February 6, 202513 events
- Flooding and High Wind in California, February 6 to 7, 202563 kt wind · 13 events
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in California, February 6 to 7, 2025143 kt wind · 10 events
- Winter Weather in Maine, February 6 to 7, 202510 events
- Winter Storm in Montana, February 6 to 7, 20259 events
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1233748.