Winter Storm — Northern Erie, Pennsylvania

2022-02-17 to 2022-02-18 · Northern Erie, Pennsylvania

Event narrative

A wintry mix of sleet and freezing rain developed during the evening hours on February 17th and continued for several hours before changing to snow. Snow continued steadily through much of the night before tapering to more intermittent lake effect snow showers through the morning hours of February 18th. Winds gusted up to 35 MPH at times. Ice accumulations around 0.10' occurred. Poor travel conditions and auto accidents were reported. A trained spotter in North East measured 5.5' of snow with this storm, with 4.0' measured by a spotter in the city of Erie.

Wider weather episode

As a wave of low pressure tracked out of the Ohio Valley and into the Northeast a wintry mix and then snow impacted northwestern Pennsylvania from February 17th into February 18th. A combination of ice, snow, falling temperatures and wind gusts up to 40 MPH led to poor travel conditions. Trained spotters measured up to 7' of snow in Green Township with this storm, with 5.6' falling in West Springfield. Ice accumulations of around 0.10' were common.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1116004. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.