Heavy Snow — Northern Wayne, Pennsylvania

2018-11-15 to 2018-11-16 · Northern Wayne, Pennsylvania

Event narrative

Snowfall totals ranged from 10 to 14 inches.

Wider weather episode

An early season major winter storm affected all of northeast Pennsylvania and central New York State from the afternoon of the 15th to the morning of the 16th. Heavy snow spread rapidly north engulfing northeast Pennsylvania during the early afternoon of the 15th and from mid to late afternoon in central New York. Snowfall rates were up to 3 inches per hour at the onset leading to numerous roads and several interstate highways temporarily closing. The snow eventually mixed with and even changed to freezing rain and sleet for a time over northeast Pennsylvania and central New York from the mid evening of the 15th to the early morning hours of the 16th. The wintry mixture of precipitation changed back to snow before tapering off from mid to late morning of the 16th. Storm total snowfall ranged from 10 to 16 inches in northeast Pennsylvania to between 8 and 15 inches of snow over most of central New York.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 794393. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.