Winter Weather — Clarion, Pennsylvania

2015-01-07 · Clarion, Pennsylvania

Event narrative

Two people were killed and several injured when a 17-car pileup occurred due to white-out conditions on Interstate 80 in Clarion County, PA. The two individuals were killed when they got out of their vehicles to help other people.

Wider weather episode

Northwest flow and a crossing upper trough helped to produce lake effect snow bands downwind of Lake Erie during the day on the 7th. Near white-out conditions were encountered in snow squalls which caused a 17-car pileup on Interstate 80 in Clarion County. Two people were killed and several others were injured, closing the interstate for over 6 hours. Snow amounts ranged from 3-5 inches with locally higher amounts reported in Venango county.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 556563. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.