Winter Storm — Cumberland, Pennsylvania

2016-01-22 to 2016-01-23 · Cumberland, Pennsylvania

Event narrative

Heavy snowfall amounts of 23 to 31 inches were observed across the county. A 66-year old Mount Holly Springs man died of hypothermia and heart disease in a snowbank outside of a store.

Wider weather episode

A Nor'easter produced record-breaking snowfall across portions of southern Pennsylvania, with a large swath of 20+ inches of snow and localized areas of 30+ inches of accumulation. There was a sharp gradient in snowfall accumulation amounts from south to north across central Pennsylvania, with Harrisburg receiving two and a half feet of snow while Williamsport only had a trace. The storm was rated as a Category 4 (Crippling) on the Regional Snowfall Index for the northeastern United States. Four indirect fatalities resulted from the storm in the CTP CWA. PA Governor Wolf declared a Proclamation of Disaster Emergency for Winter Storm 1/22-24/16. There are ten counties with declarations ' Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cumberland, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, Schuylkill, and York.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 609333. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.