Overview
On the eve of January 20th, a cold front passed through the area allowing a strong surge of cold air to filter into the region. This was followed by a second arctic front that produced some lake enhanced upslope snow showers. This persisted from the overnight hours from the 19th into the 20th. The main impact from this event was in the higher elevations in Preston and Tucker Counties in West Virginia where snowfall amounts were over 4 inches.Snow/Ice
Storm Reports
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT SPOTTER REPORTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1050 AM EST WED JAN 20 2021 THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN DURING THE PAST 10 HOURS FOR THE STORM THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTING OUR REGION. APPRECIATION IS EXTENDED TO HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS, COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS, SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND MEDIA FOR THESE REPORTS. THIS SUMMARY ALSO IS AVAILABLE ON OUR HOME PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/PITTSBURGH ********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL******************** LOCATION TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS SNOWFALL MEASURED (INCHES) OHIO ...BELMONT COUNTY... POWHATAN POINT 1.8 900 AM 1/20 PUBLIC ...COLUMBIANA COUNTY... 4 N WELLSVILLE 1.1 900 AM 1/20 COCORAHS ENE HANOVERTON 1.1 400 AM 1/20 COCORAHS ...JEFFERSON COUNTY... NEW SOMERSET 1.0 536 AM 1/20 BROADCAST MEDIA 1 NE STEUBENVILLE 0.5 700 AM 1/20 CO-OP OBSERVER PENNSYLVANIA ...ALLEGHENY COUNTY... 2 SE SOUTH FAYETTE 0.7 700 AM 1/20 COCORAHS 1 SW BRIDGEVILLE 0.7 700 AM 1/20 COCORAHS 1 S ACMETONIA 0.6 600 AM 1/20 CO-OP OBSERVER 2 S MCCANDLESS TOWNS 0.5 700 AM 1/20 COCORAHS 1 NE GIBSONIA 0.5 545 AM 1/20 COCORAHS 4 NNW PITTSBURGH 0.3 600 AM 1/20 COCORAHS ...ARMSTRONG COUNTY... 3 NNW SHELOCTA 1.8 700 AM 1/20 COCORAHS 6 N VANDERGRIFT 1.4 700 AM 1/20 COCORAHS 1 SSW KITTANNING 1.0 700 AM 1/20 COCORAHS 4 NW DAYTON 1.0 600 AM 1/20 CO-OP OBSERVER 4 S LENAPE HEIGHTS 1.0 700 AM 1/20 CO-OP OBSERVER ...BEAVER COUNTY... 6 W BEAVER 0.5 700 AM 1/20 COCORAHS 3 NE NEW BRIGHTON 0.5 800 AM 1/20 COCORAHS ...BUTLER COUNTY... 1 S SLIPPERY ROCK 1.9 630 AM 1/20 CO-OP OBSERVER 2 NE SARVER 1.2 628 AM 1/20 COCORAHS N CABOT 1.0 800 AM 1/20 COCORAHS 2 NNE FOX RUN 0.5 600 AM 1/20 COCORAHS 1 E VALENCIA 0.5 900 AM 1/20 COCORAHS 2 WSW BUTLER 0.4 700 AM 1/20 COCORAHS 2 WNW CABOT 0.3 700 AM 1/20 COCORAHS ...CLARION COUNTY... COOKSBURG 2.0 738 AM 1/20 CO-OP OBSERVER 1 WNW NEW BETHLEHEM 2.0 430 AM 1/20 COCORAHS ...FOREST COUNTY... 5 W MARIENVILLE 2.2 520 AM 1/20 COCORAHS 7 SSE TIONESTA 2.0 700 AM 1/20 COCORAHS ...GREENE COUNTY... 1 SW POINT MARION 2.0 600 AM 1/20 CO-OP OBSERVER 1 E WAYNESBURG 0.5 700 AM 1/20 CO-OP OBSERVER ...INDIANA COUNTY... 3 SE INDIANA 1.0 700 AM 1/20 CO-OP OBSERVER 1 SE BRUSH VALLEY 1.0 555 AM 1/20 COCORAHS ...JEFFERSON COUNTY... S TIMBLIN 4.0 715 AM 1/20 COCORAHS ...VENANGO COUNTY... 6 SW TITUSVILLE 2.8 700 AM 1/20 COCORAHS 1 NNE SENECA 2.3 700 AM 1/20 COCORAHS 1 SSW FRANKLIN 2.2 600 AM 1/20 COCORAHS 1 E COOPERSTOWN 2.0 700 AM 1/20 COCORAHS 1 E FRANKLIN 2.0 800 AM 1/20 CO-OP OBSERVER ...WASHINGTON COUNTY... 4 NW CANONSBURG 0.7 700 AM 1/20 COCORAHS 1 NNW FINLEYVILLE 0.3 700 AM 1/20 COCORAHS ...WESTMORELAND COUNTY... 2 NW DONEGAL 3.0 700 AM 1/20 CO-OP OBSERVER 1 SW LEECHBURG 0.8 800 AM 1/20 COCORAHS 1 W NEW KENSINGTON 0.6 700 AM 1/20 COCORAHS 1 E LIGONIER 0.6 700 AM 1/20 COCORAHS 1 SW LAUGHLINTOWN 0.5 800 AM 1/20 CO-OP OBSERVER 1 WNW GREENSBURG 0.5 752 AM 1/20 COCORAHS ESE NEW FLORENCE 0.4 925 AM 1/20 COCORAHS WEST VIRGINIA ...MARSHALL COUNTY... 1 SE MOUNDSVILLE 4.0 1047 AM 1/20 FACEBOOK 1 SW MOUNDSVILLE 2.5 1030 AM 1/20 FACEBOOK MOUNDSVILLE 2.0 535 AM 1/20 BROADCAST MEDIA ...MONONGALIA COUNTY... 6 SW MORGANTOWN 0.2 700 AM 1/20 COCORAHS ...PRESTON COUNTY... 5 NNE TERRA ALTA 4.4 800 AM 1/20 COCORAHS 1 E KINGWOOD 1.0 700 AM 1/20 COCORAHS 3 ENE TERRA ALTA 0.7 700 AM 1/20 COCORAHS 7 N THOMAS 0.5 700 AM 1/20 COCORAHS ...TUCKER COUNTY... DAVIS 2.4 700 AM 1/20 CO-OP OBSERVER 3 S CANAAN HGTS 2.0 900 AM 1/20 CO-OP OBSERVER ...WETZEL COUNTY... 7 E NEW MARTINSVILLE 0.3 800 AM 1/20 COCORAHS && *****METADATA***** :1/20/2021, 900 AM, OH, BELMONT, POWHATAN POINT, , , 39.8644, -80.7996, SNOW, 1.8, INCH, PUBLIC, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 900 AM, OH, COLUMBIANA, WELLSVILLE, 4, N, 40.6644, -80.6424, SNOW, 1.1, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 400 AM, OH, COLUMBIANA, HANOVERTON, , ENE, 40.7570, -80.9292, SNOW, 1.1, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 536 AM, OH, JEFFERSON, NEW SOMERSET, , , 40.5159, -80.7059, SNOW, 1.0, INCH, BROADCAST MEDIA, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 700 AM, OH, JEFFERSON, STEUBENVILLE, 1, NE, 40.3764, -80.6281, SNOW, 0.5, INCH, CO-OP OBSERVER, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 700 AM, PA, ALLEGHENY, SOUTH FAYETTE, 2, SE, 40.3381, -80.1159, SNOW, 0.7, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 700 AM, PA, ALLEGHENY, BRIDGEVILLE, 1, SW, 40.3417, -80.1229, SNOW, 0.7, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 600 AM, PA, ALLEGHENY, ACMETONIA, 1, S, 40.5361, -79.8153, SNOW, 0.6, INCH, CO-OP OBSERVER, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 700 AM, PA, ALLEGHENY, MCCANDLESS TOWNSHIP, 2, S, 40.5569, -80.0366, SNOW, 0.5, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 545 AM, PA, ALLEGHENY, GIBSONIA, 1, NE, 40.6405, -79.9506, SNOW, 0.5, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 600 AM, PA, ALLEGHENY, PITTSBURGH, 4, NNW, 40.4888, -80.0006, SNOW, 0.3, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 700 AM, PA, ARMSTRONG, SHELOCTA, 3, NNW, 40.6981, -79.3228, SNOW, 1.8, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 700 AM, PA, ARMSTRONG, VANDERGRIFT, 6, N, 40.6847, -79.5936, SNOW, 1.4, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 700 AM, PA, ARMSTRONG, KITTANNING, 1, SSW, 40.8095, -79.5306, SNOW, 1.0, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 600 AM, PA, ARMSTRONG, DAYTON, 4, NW, 40.9250, -79.2825, SNOW, 1.0, INCH, CO-OP OBSERVER, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 700 AM, PA, ARMSTRONG, LENAPE HEIGHTS, 4, S, 40.7136, -79.5150, SNOW, 1.0, INCH, CO-OP OBSERVER, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 700 AM, PA, BEAVER, BEAVER, 6, W, 40.7050, -80.4121, SNOW, 0.5, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 800 AM, PA, BEAVER, NEW BRIGHTON, 3, NE, 40.7694, -80.2729, SNOW, 0.5, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 630 AM, PA, BUTLER, SLIPPERY ROCK, 1, S, 41.0556, -80.0606, SNOW, 1.9, INCH, CO-OP OBSERVER, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 628 AM, PA, BUTLER, SARVER, 2, NE, 40.7488, -79.7054, SNOW, 1.2, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 800 AM, PA, BUTLER, CABOT, , N, 40.7687, -79.7669, SNOW, 1.0, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 600 AM, PA, BUTLER, FOX RUN, 2, NNE, 40.7239, -80.0706, SNOW, 0.5, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 900 AM, PA, BUTLER, VALENCIA, 1, E, 40.6763, -79.9770, SNOW, 0.5, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 700 AM, PA, BUTLER, BUTLER, 2, WSW, 40.8557, -79.9314, SNOW, 0.4, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 700 AM, PA, BUTLER, CABOT, 2, WNW, 40.7725, -79.7956, SNOW, 0.3, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 738 AM, PA, CLARION, COOKSBURG, , , 41.3575, -79.2172, SNOW, 2.0, INCH, CO-OP OBSERVER, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 430 AM, PA, CLARION, NEW BETHLEHEM, 1, WNW, 41.0093, -79.3454, SNOW, 2.0, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 520 AM, PA, FOREST, MARIENVILLE, 5, W, 41.4571, -79.1815, SNOW, 2.2, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 700 AM, PA, FOREST, TIONESTA, 7, SSE, 41.3940, -79.4131, SNOW, 2.0, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 600 AM, PA, GREENE, POINT MARION, 1, SW, 39.7281, -79.9122, SNOW, 2.0, INCH, CO-OP OBSERVER, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 700 AM, PA, GREENE, WAYNESBURG, 1, E, 39.8986, -80.1656, SNOW, 0.5, INCH, CO-OP OBSERVER, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 700 AM, PA, INDIANA, INDIANA, 3, SE, 40.5967, -79.1178, SNOW, 1.0, INCH, CO-OP OBSERVER, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 555 AM, PA, INDIANA, BRUSH VALLEY, 1, SE, 40.5238, -79.0616, SNOW, 1.0, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 715 AM, PA, JEFFERSON, TIMBLIN, , S, 40.9645, -79.1989, SNOW, 4.0, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 700 AM, PA, VENANGO, TITUSVILLE, 6, SW, 41.5670, -79.7639, SNOW, 2.8, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 700 AM, PA, VENANGO, SENECA, 1, NNE, 41.3846, -79.6979, SNOW, 2.3, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 600 AM, PA, VENANGO, FRANKLIN, 1, SSW, 41.3728, -79.8501, SNOW, 2.2, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 700 AM, PA, VENANGO, COOPERSTOWN, 1, E, 41.5007, -79.8497, SNOW, 2.0, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 800 AM, PA, VENANGO, FRANKLIN, 1, E, 41.3903, -79.8217, SNOW, 2.0, INCH, CO-OP OBSERVER, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 700 AM, PA, WASHINGTON, CANONSBURG, 4, NW, 40.3005, -80.2385, SNOW, 0.7, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 700 AM, PA, WASHINGTON, FINLEYVILLE, 1, NNW, 40.2603, -80.0059, SNOW, 0.3, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 700 AM, PA, WESTMORELAND, DONEGAL, 2, NW, 40.1347, -79.4072, SNOW, 3.0, INCH, CO-OP OBSERVER, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 800 AM, PA, WESTMORELAND, LEECHBURG, 1, SW, 40.6153, -79.6214, SNOW, 0.8, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 700 AM, PA, WESTMORELAND, NEW KENSINGTON, 1, W, 40.5698, -79.7612, SNOW, 0.6, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 700 AM, PA, WESTMORELAND, LIGONIER, 1, E, 40.2468, -79.2154, SNOW, 0.6, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 800 AM, PA, WESTMORELAND, LAUGHLINTOWN, 1, SW, 40.2039, -79.2171, SNOW, 0.5, INCH, CO-OP OBSERVER, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 752 AM, PA, WESTMORELAND, GREENSBURG, 1, WNW, 40.3136, -79.5543, SNOW, 0.5, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 925 AM, PA, WESTMORELAND, NEW FLORENCE, , ESE, 40.3773, -79.0709, SNOW, 0.4, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 1047 AM, WV, MARSHALL, MOUNDSVILLE, 1, SE, 39.9088, -80.7221, SNOW, 4.0, INCH, FACEBOOK, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 1030 AM, WV, MARSHALL, MOUNDSVILLE, 1, SW, 39.9158, -80.7486, SNOW, 2.5, INCH, FACEBOOK, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 535 AM, WV, MARSHALL, MOUNDSVILLE, , , 39.9228, -80.7418, SNOW, 2.0, INCH, BROADCAST MEDIA, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 700 AM, WV, MONONGALIA, MORGANTOWN, 6, SW, 39.5662, -80.0149, SNOW, 0.2, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 800 AM, WV, PRESTON, TERRA ALTA, 5, NNE, 39.5102, -79.5102, SNOW, 4.4, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 700 AM, WV, PRESTON, KINGWOOD, 1, E, 39.4720, -79.6716, SNOW, 1.0, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 700 AM, WV, PRESTON, TERRA ALTA, 3, ENE, 39.4593, -79.4847, SNOW, 0.7, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 700 AM, WV, PRESTON, THOMAS, 7, N, 39.2536, -79.5106, SNOW, 0.5, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 700 AM, WV, TUCKER, DAVIS, , , 39.0983, -79.4319, SNOW, 2.4, INCH, CO-OP OBSERVER, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 900 AM, WV, TUCKER, CANAAN HGTS, 3, S, 39.0589, -79.4403, SNOW, 2.0, INCH, CO-OP OBSERVER, STORM TOTAL SNOW, :1/20/2021, 800 AM, WV, WETZEL, NEW MARTINSVILLE, 7, E, 39.6490, -80.7382, SNOW, 0.3, INCH, COCORAHS, STORM TOTAL SNOW,
Environment
Surface Analysis from WPC
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