**At the very bottom attached as a text document is a final snow fall
Totals in inches compiled from CASI reports and NWS statements, as of
7am this morning.**
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Hello this is my report on the snow I recieved 8.4 inches of snow give
or take. The current temp is 34.6 and slowly climbing I have a wind of
NE at 11 mph. I recieved very heavy wet snow in this area.
Location: NW BUCKS COUNTY
15 min south of Allentown, Pa
Nathan Bleam
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Franklin Co. PA
Winter Weather Event
This Weather Event began at 0930 hrs. 14 Mar 1999 with light snow
till late morning when it became heavy and continued to be heavy until
2230 hrs when it became light again till changing to flurries at 2345
hrs 14 Mar 1999. This event produced 15.5 inches of snow at this
location and 14.0 inches downtown.
Some drifting occurred from the winds that averaged 5-8 mph.
Many crashes were reported when roadways started to become snow
covered, and the fact that motorists simply do not slow down. Road crews
did better with this event than they had all season.
Winter Event Stats
New Record for snow fall for this day of 15.5 "...old Record was 8.5 in
1980
DewPoint: 28.8
High Temp: 33.8...Low 29.7
Average Temperatures 49/30
Low Barometer: 29.75
Average Wind 6 mph N...with 13 mph NNE gusts
Total Liquid: 1.80"
Good-bye to Old man Winter
B Hile
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Hey, final report from me on the storm: 6 3/4" of snow and some sleet
have accumulated during the storm. Cable went out at 11:30pm or so last
night. Then the power went off around 12:00am. Power came back on
today
at 9:15am. Cable went back off and has been off and on. This morning
on
my drive to my Emergency Snow Removal Crew I saw transformers flashing a
bright blue light and lighting up the sky. This was happening at a
pretty moderate rate. Tree's are down everywhere. One of tree split in
half and smashed into two separate buildings, leveling one and heavily
damaging the other. The snow stopped for a while at 8:00am and then
picked back up at 8:45am and then stopped a few minutes ago. Grades K-8
have school today at 10:00am (2 hour late start), the high school is on
Spring Break.
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-Rick R / Location: Bryn Athyn, Pa
-Member of: CASI (www.weatherwatchers.org)
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Frederick, Md, at least in the city, did not get the extra snow
predicted for
overnight. The total amount that fell was 8 inches in the city. If
there was
a lot of asphalt or concrete, the total was less because the snow melted
quickly when it hit paved areas. Up on the Cactoctin Mountains, just
west of
Frederick, the snowfall was higher - up to 12 inches, and there was no
rain.
Here in the valley, the temperature remained in the high 30's all day
yesterday, and is 40 degrees this morning, with a little wind.
According to
the local paper, wind gusts yesterday (3/13) never exceeded 15 miles per
hour.
Jean
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NAME: WILLIAM SOUZA
EMAIL: WSOUZA{at}RICONNECT.COM
WEBSITE: www.trigeo.com/TriGeoWP/TGWL990171727
LOCATION: WESTERLY,RHODE ISLAND
DATE: mar/15/99
TIME: 9:00AM
LAT/LON: 71.81W/41.37N
EVENT ADDRESS: 22 WALTON STREET
EVENT LOCATION: HOME
EVENT CITY: WESTERLY
EVENT STATE: RI
EVENT ZIP: 02891
FROZEN? on snow 8.0
SUMMARY: NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN.ROADS ARE
ICE COVERED MAKING DRIVING EXTREMLY DIFFICULT.THE
SNOW ENDED WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF RAIN FOR APPROX.
2 HOURS. NOW THE SUN IS BREAKING OUT WITH MELTING
NOW BEGINNING.
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Greetings all!
Well, this is the biggest snow here since March 1996 (second biggest
since 3/96 being the 4" surprise snowfall on March 22 last year)! 3-4"
of sidewalks and grassy areas, but on surfaces where the snow stuck
first (took a few hours to stick to grass and sidewalks. Stuck on roofs
and car tops less than an hour after the changeover from rain), there's
6.25" of snow.
Went out to shovel earlier this morning (haven't been able to shovel
snow in 3 years). This snow is very heavy! Anyone going out shoveling
today, take it easy and don't strain yourself!
Branches and power lines were sagging as if it were an ice storm! My
phone was dead early this morning (it's working now), and there was a
transformer fire at the intersection of RT 10 and Pleasant Valley Way.
That was put out and RT 10 was opened back up before 7 a.m. (glad to see
that they took care of that situation quickly!:)).
Many school closings and delayed opening across the area, so the school
kids are quite happy with this storm!:)
Mike
West Orange, NJ
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From:
jws{at}mail.monmouth.com
Our total here in Atlantic Highlands is 3.8 inches of VERY heavy snow.
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From:
"Caldwell, Shawn" <Caldwell{at}andassoc.com>
This is my first post to this group. I do enjoy the posts I get.
Here in Blacksburg, Virginia, we recieved some very crummy this weekend.
We
got about 2 inches of snow yesterday morning then a cold rain set in for
the
day off and on. Last night we had a thunderstorm roll through at about
9pm.
This morning we recieved 4" of really wet snow in a few hours. We're
expecting the winds to pick so more than likely we'll lose power
tonight.
Shawn Caldwell
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LI (NY) Update: We received approx. 8.5" in Port Jefferson Station.
(we're about 70 miles east of Manhattan on the North Shore) It's been
snowing lightly since 11:00 AM, but it doesn't look like will be getting
a lot of additional accumulation. Except for a brief period of light
rain earlier in the morning, it stayed all snow from 7:00PM through the
overnight. It wasn't exactly a monster, but it was nice to finally see a
decent snowfall. At this point the greatest threat is to weak hearts and
backs: The wet and slushy snow is very hard to shovel!
Paul Dolan
PS-Let the record show that today was my daughter Casey's (5 yrs old)
first official snow day!
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<joe{at}wideopen.net>
To:
"J" <j{at}weatherwatchers.org>, "CASI Mailing List Recipients"
<casilist{at}weatherwatchers.org>
Adams County PA:
Here in Western Adams County I recieved 14'' of wet snow. This fell in
a
12 hour period.!! Looks like it will be melting away quickly.
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I have compiled a list of all the snow fall reports from MD, NJ, PA, and
VA
from the NWS and CASI members, thought it would be useful, so here it
is,
attached as a .txt file to save the formatting.
Matt
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