Winter Storm — Southern Clinton, Pennsylvania

2016-02-15 to 2016-02-16 · Southern Clinton, Pennsylvania

Event narrative

Light snow developed the afternoon of February 15th before quickly changing over to freezing rain. A quarter of an inch or more of ice accumulation was observed across the county.

Wider weather episode

A winter storm developed over the Gulf Coast states and tracked northeastward up the spine of the Appalachians and across central Pennsylvania from Monday, February 15 to Tuesday, February 16, 2016. This storm spread a couple inches of snow across central Pennsylvania on Monday, which changed over to a wintry mix of sleet and freezing rain Monday night. Much of central PA changed over to plain rain on Tuesday, although Warren and McKean counties changed back to snow as colder air wrapped in behind he departing system. Northwestern PA received significant snowfall, while portions of central PA received significant icing.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 613845. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.