Ice Storm — Somerset, Pennsylvania

2025-02-08 · Somerset, Pennsylvania

Event narrative

An ice storm impacted Somerset County on February 8, 2025. Ice accumulation of up to 0.25 inches occurred over much of the county with higher amounts reported. The ice resulted in over 1500 power outages. Light snow also occurred with this storm, though snow accumulation was generally less than 0.5 inches across the county.

Wider weather episode

Surface low pressure began to approach western Pennsylvania during the late evening hours of February 8th and into the morning hours of February 9, 2025 with an occluded front beginning to set up across southwestern Pennsylvania. A narrow, yet robust, warm nose aloft allowed for freezing rain to begin across the Laurel Highlands as precipitation entered the area, with a transition to rain occurring as temperatures began to warm by the late morning hours. This low pressure system stalled briefly before rapidly moving offshore by the late afternoon hours of February 9th. Ice accumulations were significant across Somerset and Cambria counties, with Cambria County reporting approximately 1,500 power outages from ice on powerlines and fallen limbs onto powerlines.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1233750. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.