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Ice Storm in Westmoreland Ridges, Pennsylvania
Ice Storm December 15, 2022 · Westmoreland Ridges, Pennsylvania
What the National Weather Service wrote
A prolong period of freezing rain on the morning of December 15th in the ridges of Westmoreland County created three tenths of ice to accumulate on surfaces. Highest report was made in Wilpen, PA.
The wider storm
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.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1068838. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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