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Snow Storm March 20-21, 2018

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Overview

A long-duration, late-season snowstorm dropped widespread 10-15 inches of snow across southern Pennsylvania, with locally higher amounts (primarily at higher elevations). The system came in two rounds of heavy snow. The first round fell across southern Pennsylvania during the daylight hours of Tuesday, March 20 before diminishing by evening. The second round arrived Tuesday night, made it a little farther north, and continued into Wednesday, March 21.

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National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC) 72-hour snowfall analysis ending 12 UTC Mar 23, 2018.

Snow/Ice

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Spotter Reports
National Weather Service State College PA
505 PM EDT Thu Mar 22 2018

Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying
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********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************

LOCATION          STORM TOTAL     TIME/DATE   COMMENTS                   
                     SNOWFALL           OF 
                     /INCHES/   MEASUREMENT

PENNSYLVANIA

...Adams County...
   1 S Cashtown          15.3   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          
   2 N Hanover           15.0  1100 AM  3/22  Berwick Township        
   1 SE York Springs     15.0   700 AM  3/22  CoCoRaHS                
   Hanover               14.6   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          
   1 SSW East Berlin     14.0   700 AM  3/22  CoCoRaHS                
   East Berlin           13.0   700 AM  3/22  Trained Spotter         
   Biglerville           12.3   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          

...Bedford County...
   Wolfsburg             12.7   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          
   Everett               12.6   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          
   2 E Ott Town          12.0   700 AM  3/22  CoCoRaHS                
   1 SSW Penn Wood       11.0   700 AM  3/22  CoCoRaHS                
   2 NNW Inglesmith       7.6   700 AM  3/22  CoCoRaHS                

...Blair County...
   2 WSW Puzzletown      15.0  1000 AM  3/22  Social Media            
   3 W Altoona           12.8   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          
   Altoona               11.7   700 AM  3/22  NWS Employee            
   1 W East End          10.5   700 AM  3/22  CoCoRaHS                
   2 NW Williamsburg      9.2   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          
   Tyrone                 7.0   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          

...Cambria County...
   1 SE Ebensburg        12.2   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          
   Belmont               11.0   800 AM  3/22  CoCoRaHS                

...Centre County...
   Pine Grove Mills       6.2  1000 AM  3/22  Social Media            
   Park Forest Village    5.8   700 AM  3/22  NWS Employee            
   2 S Philipsburg        5.1   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          
   State College          4.5   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          
   1 N Pleasant Gap       3.2   700 AM  3/22  Trained Spotter         

...Clearfield County...
   Houtzdale              4.5  1000 AM  3/22  Social Media            
   1 E Grampian           3.5   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          

...Columbia County...
   1 S Espy               6.1   715 AM  3/22  CoCoRaHS                

...Cumberland County...
   Carlisle              14.9   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          
   Shippensburg          14.3   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          
   1 NE Westwood Villag   9.5   700 AM  3/22  CoCoRaHS                
   1 NNW Mechanicsburg    9.0   750 AM  3/22  CoCoRaHS                

...Dauphin County...
   Harrisburg Internati  14.2   700 AM  3/22  ASOS                    
   Dehart Dam            12.0   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          
   1 W Susquehanna Mano  11.5   715 AM  3/22  CoCoRaHS                
   Elizabethville        11.3   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          
   Colonial Park         10.7  1000 AM  3/22  Social Media            

...Franklin County...
   Greencastle           16.8   700 AM  3/22  Trained Spotter         
   1 S Polktown          10.8   700 AM  3/22  CoCoRaHS                

...Juniata County...
   East Waterford        14.0   800 AM  3/22  CoCoRaHS                

...Lancaster County...
   Millersville          17.5   700 AM  3/22  Millersville University 
   Sporting Hill         16.8  1000 AM  3/22  Social Media            
   Lancaster             14.0  1000 AM  3/22  Social Media            
   Falmouth              13.5   700 AM  3/22  Trained Spotter         
   Bareville             13.0   700 AM  3/22  Trained Spotter         
   Safe Harbor Dam       12.6   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          
   2 SE New Holland      12.0   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          
   1 SSE Landisville     11.0   800 AM  3/22  CoCoRaHS                
   East Earl             11.0   700 AM  3/22  Trained Spotter         
   2 N Fivepointville    10.0   700 AM  3/22  CoCoRaHS                

...Lebanon County...
   2 W Lebanon           12.8   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          

...Lycoming County...
   Williamsport Regiona   0.2  1000 AM  3/22  ASOS                    

...Mifflin County...
   Lewistown              7.8   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          

...Northumberland County...
   Sunbury                7.0   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          
   5 SSE Muncy            0.8   700 AM  3/22  CoCoRaHS                

...Potter County...
   1 S Durward            0.5   700 AM  3/22  CoCoRaHS                

...Schuylkill County...
   Ashland               13.3   700 AM  3/22  Trained Spotter         
   1 SW Valley View      13.0   700 AM  3/22  CoCoRaHS                
   2 N Mahanoy City      12.1   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          
   Reinerton             12.0   700 AM  3/22  Trained Spotter         
   Auburn                10.0   700 AM  3/22  Trained Spotter         

...Snyder County...
   1 NW Salem             6.0   700 AM  3/22  CoCoRaHS                
   2 S Selinsgrove        5.4   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          

...Somerset County...
   7 SE Windber          19.5   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          
   Boswell               16.0  1000 AM  3/22  Trained Spotter         
   Laurel Summit         14.9   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          
   Somerset              14.0   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          
   1 E Glencoe           11.1   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          
   Hidden Valley          9.8   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          
   2 SSW Meyersdale       7.3   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          

...Union County...
   Mifflinburg            3.5   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          
   Lewisburg              3.4   700 AM  3/22  Co-Op Observer          

...York County...
   East York             19.0   700 AM  3/22  Trained Spotter         
   Spring Grove          16.0   700 AM  3/22  Public                  
   1 N Poplars           15.5   700 AM  3/22  CoCoRaHS                
   1 NNW Manchester      15.2   700 AM  3/22  CoCoRaHS                
   Starview              14.7   700 AM  3/22  CoCoRaHS                

&&

*****METADATA*****
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Adams, Cashtown, 1, S, 39.87000, -77.35861, SNOW, 15.3, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018, 1100 AM, PA, Adams, Hanover, 2, N, 39.84106, -76.98370, SNOW, 15.0, Inch, Social Media, Berwick Township
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Adams, York Springs, 1, SE, 40.00139, -77.10890, SNOW, 15.0, Inch, CoCoRaHS,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Adams, Hanover, , , 39.77056, -77.03250, SNOW, 14.6, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Adams, East Berlin, 1, SSW, 39.91919, -76.98940, SNOW, 14.0, Inch, CoCoRaHS,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Adams, East Berlin, , , 39.93680, -76.98040, SNOW, 13.0, Inch, Trained Spotter,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Adams, Biglerville, , , 39.93333, -77.25000, SNOW, 12.3, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Bedford, Wolfsburg, , , 40.03333, -78.51667, SNOW, 12.7, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Bedford, Everett, , , 40.01361, -78.36528, SNOW, 12.6, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Bedford, Ott Town, 2, E, 39.97565, -78.40870, SNOW, 12.0, Inch, CoCoRaHS,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Bedford, Penn Wood, 1, SSW, 40.02210, -78.43810, SNOW, 11.0, Inch, CoCoRaHS,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Bedford, Inglesmith, 2, NNW, 39.78106, -78.43340, SNOW, 7.6, Inch, CoCoRaHS,
:3/22/2018, 1000 AM, PA, Blair, Puzzletown, 2, WSW, 40.36593, -78.52485, SNOW, 15.0, Inch, Social Media,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Blair, Altoona, 3, W, 40.50779, -78.45843, SNOW, 12.8, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Blair, Altoona, , , 40.50092, -78.39991, SNOW, 11.7, Inch, NWS Employee,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Blair, East End, 1, W, 40.52000, -78.39060, SNOW, 10.5, Inch, CoCoRaHS,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Blair, Williamsburg, 2, NW, 40.46667, -78.20000, SNOW, 9.2, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Blair, Tyrone, , , 40.66667, -78.23333, SNOW, 7.0, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Cambria, Ebensburg, 1, SE, 40.47836, -78.71354, SNOW, 12.2, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018,  800 AM, PA, Cambria, Belmont, , , 40.28347, -78.89010, SNOW, 11.0, Inch, CoCoRaHS,
:3/22/2018, 1000 AM, PA, Centre, Pine Grove Mills, , , 40.73880, -77.87390, SNOW, 6.2, Inch, Social Media,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Centre, Park Forest Village, , , 40.80274, -77.91871, SNOW, 5.8, Inch, NWS Employee,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Centre, Philipsburg, 2, S, 40.87222, -78.21528, SNOW, 5.1, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Centre, State College, , , 40.80000, -77.86667, SNOW, 4.5, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Centre, Pleasant Gap, 1, N, 40.87908, -77.73800, SNOW, 3.2, Inch, Trained Spotter,
:3/22/2018, 1000 AM, PA, Clearfield, Houtzdale, , , 40.82500, -78.35100, SNOW, 4.5, Inch, Social Media,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Clearfield, Grampian, 1, E, 40.96667, -78.58722, SNOW, 3.5, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018,  715 AM, PA, Columbia, Espy, 1, S, 40.99289, -76.41500, SNOW, 6.1, Inch, CoCoRaHS,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Cumberland, Carlisle, , , 40.22583, -77.18944, SNOW, 14.9, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Cumberland, Shippensburg, , , 40.03000, -77.31000, SNOW, 14.3, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Cumberland, Westwood Village, 1, NE, 40.31330, -76.93860, SNOW, 9.5, Inch, CoCoRaHS,
:3/22/2018,  750 AM, PA, Cumberland, Mechanicsburg, 1, NNW, 40.22290, -77.01420, SNOW, 9.0, Inch, CoCoRaHS,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Dauphin, Harrisburg International, , , 40.19319, -76.76262, SNOW, 14.2, Inch, ASOS,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Dauphin, Dehart Dam, , , 40.46000, -76.74889, SNOW, 12.0, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018,  715 AM, PA, Dauphin, Susquehanna Manor, 1, W, 40.29633, -76.87090, SNOW, 11.5, Inch, CoCoRaHS,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Dauphin, Elizabethville, , , 40.56667, -76.81667, SNOW, 11.3, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018, 1000 AM, PA, Dauphin, Colonial Park, , , 40.29990, -76.80640, SNOW, 10.7, Inch, Social Media,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Franklin, Greencastle, , , 39.79050, -77.72690, SNOW, 16.8, Inch, Trained Spotter,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Franklin, Polktown, 1, S, 39.74446, -77.62960, SNOW, 10.8, Inch, CoCoRaHS,
:3/22/2018,  800 AM, PA, Juniata, East Waterford, , , 40.37036, -77.60471, SNOW, 14.0, Inch, CoCoRaHS,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Lancaster, Millersville, , , 40.00360, -76.35390, SNOW, 17.5, Inch, Trained Spotter, Millersville University
:3/22/2018, 1000 AM, PA, Lancaster, Sporting Hill, , , 40.14398, -76.41996, SNOW, 16.8, Inch, Social Media,
:3/22/2018, 1000 AM, PA, Lancaster, Lancaster, , , 40.04180, -76.30120, SNOW, 14.0, Inch, Social Media,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Lancaster, Falmouth, , , 40.12954, -76.71386, SNOW, 13.5, Inch, Trained Spotter,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Lancaster, Bareville, , , 40.09232, -76.15579, SNOW, 13.0, Inch, Trained Spotter,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Lancaster, Safe Harbor Dam, , , 39.91667, -76.38333, SNOW, 12.6, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Lancaster, New Holland, 2, SE, 40.08333, -76.06667, SNOW, 12.0, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018,  800 AM, PA, Lancaster, Landisville, 1, SSE, 40.07696, -76.41170, SNOW, 11.0, Inch, CoCoRaHS,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Lancaster, East Earl, , , 40.11010, -76.03272, SNOW, 11.0, Inch, Trained Spotter,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Lancaster, Fivepointville, 2, N, 40.20552, -76.05090, SNOW, 10.0, Inch, CoCoRaHS,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Lebanon, Lebanon, 2, W, 40.31667, -76.46667, SNOW, 12.8, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018, 1000 AM, PA, Lycoming, Williamsport Regional, , , 41.24167, -76.92181, SNOW, 0.2, Inch, ASOS,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Mifflin, Lewistown, , , 40.58333, -77.56667, SNOW, 7.8, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Northumberland, Sunbury, , , 40.85278, -76.80278, SNOW, 7.0, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Northumberland, Muncy, 5, SSE, 41.13902, -76.75132, SNOW, 0.8, Inch, CoCoRaHS,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Potter, Durward, 1, S, 41.80759, -78.14140, SNOW, 0.5, Inch, CoCoRaHS,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Schuylkill, Ashland, , , 40.78100, -76.34570, SNOW, 13.3, Inch, Trained Spotter,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Schuylkill, Valley View, 1, SW, 40.64370, -76.54850, SNOW, 13.0, Inch, CoCoRaHS,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Schuylkill, Mahanoy City, 2, N, 40.83333, -76.13333, SNOW, 12.1, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Schuylkill, Reinerton, , , 40.59231, -76.53246, SNOW, 12.0, Inch, Trained Spotter,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Schuylkill, Auburn, , , 40.59630, -76.09620, SNOW, 10.0, Inch, Trained Spotter,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Snyder, Salem, 1, NW, 40.81731, -76.90970, SNOW, 6.0, Inch, CoCoRaHS,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Snyder, Selinsgrove, 2, S, 40.76667, -76.86667, SNOW, 5.4, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Somerset, Windber, 7, SE, 40.16209, -78.73211, SNOW, 19.5, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018, 1000 AM, PA, Somerset, Boswell, , , 40.16080, -79.02710, SNOW, 16.0, Inch, Trained Spotter,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Somerset, Laurel Summit, , , 40.11591, -79.17531, SNOW, 14.9, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Somerset, Somerset, , , 39.99639, -79.08333, SNOW, 14.0, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Somerset, Glencoe, 1, E, 39.82556, -78.83000, SNOW, 11.1, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Somerset, Hidden Valley, , , 40.04204, -79.25661, SNOW, 9.8, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Somerset, Meyersdale, 2, SSW, 39.78083, -79.04111, SNOW, 7.3, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Union, Mifflinburg, , , 40.93000, -77.06694, SNOW, 3.5, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, Union, Lewisburg, , , 40.94861, -76.87833, SNOW, 3.4, Inch, Co-Op Observer,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, York, East York, , , 39.97371, -76.68636, SNOW, 19.0, Inch, Trained Spotter,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, York, Spring Grove, , , 39.88140, -76.86440, SNOW, 16.0, Inch, Public,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, York, Poplars, 1, N, 40.00201, -76.80800, SNOW, 15.5, Inch, CoCoRaHS,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, York, Manchester, 1, NNW, 40.07129, -76.72310, SNOW, 15.2, Inch, CoCoRaHS,
:3/22/2018,  700 AM, PA, York, Starview, , , 40.04881, -76.69480, SNOW, 14.7, Inch, CoCoRaHS,

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