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A heavy, wet snow fell over the northwestern half of the area from late Sunday (22nd) into early Tuesday (24th) morning. The snow turned to rain as the elevation dropped, so little if any snow accumulated below 1500 MSL. Even the higher ground around State College was white with 4+ inches on the ground on the ridges, but the town itself was just wet during the event despite a nearly-constant snowfall during the daylight hours on Monday. Late April sun/solar radiation is just the same strength as late August sun. It was hardly possible to get the snow to stick in the lower elevations during the daylight - unless it was snowing very hard. The highest snow total was from the NWS Co-Op observer at Laurel Summit (western Somerset County), where the observer measured a total of 23.7 inches. His snow was fluffier than the rest of the area with a 15:1 snow ratio, whereas most of the area had 10:1 ratios. Many mountain-top locations had more than 8 inches of snow total, while even the valleys in the Upper West Branch of the Susquehanna River in Clearfield County had less than an inch of accumulation.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTER REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1205 PM EDT TUE APR 24 2012
THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL SNOW TOTALS FOR THE RECENT STORM
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE.
**********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL**********************
LOCATION STORM TIME/DATE COMMENTS
SNOWFALL OF
/INCHES/ MEASUREMENT
PENNSYLVANIA
...BEDFORD COUNTY...
EVERETT 3 SW 1.0 652 AM 4/24 COCORAHS
...CAMBRIA COUNTY...
WESTMONT 1 W 6.7 700 AM 4/24 COCORAHS
BELMONT 5.0 800 AM 4/24 COCORAHS
...CENTRE COUNTY...
PHILIPSBURG 2 S 6.5 700 AM 4/24 COOP
BOALSBURG 3.0 640 AM 4/24 COCORAHS
ZION 1.0 800 AM 4/24 COCORAHS
...CLEARFIELD COUNTY...
TREASURE LAKE 2.0 700 AM 4/24 COOP
...ELK COUNTY...
ST. MARYS 2 SE 7.7 700 AM 4/24 COCORAHS
...MCKEAN COUNTY...
BRADFORD 4 W 8.1 700 AM 4/24 COOP
ELDRED 5 W 5.6 600 AM 4/24 COCORAHS
...POTTER COUNTY...
COUDERSPORT 7 SE 7.5 700 AM 4/24 COOP
OSWAYO 6.4 700 AM 4/24 COOP
ROULETTE 2 NE 6.3 700 AM 4/24 COCORAHS
COUDERSPORT 1 SW 5.3 700 AM 4/24 COOP
ULYSSES 9 SW 5.0 1100 PM 4/23 COCORAHS
SHINGLEHOUSE 4.7 700 AM 4/24 COOP
GALETON 1.5 700 AM 4/24 COOP
...SOMERSET COUNTY...
LAUREL SUMMIT 23.7 700 AM 4/24 2,770 FT ELEVATION
SOMERSET 8.6 700 AM 4/24 COOP
MEYERSDALE 5.0 700 AM 4/24 COOP
...TIOGA COUNTY...
SABINSVILLE 9.0 700 AM 4/24 COOP
COVINGTON 8.6 700 AM 4/24 COOP
WELLSBORO 7.8 700 AM 4/24 COOP
SABINSVILLE 1.0 900 AM 4/24 COOP
...WARREN COUNTY...
CHANDLERS VALLEY 6.4 700 AM 4/24 COOP
WARREN 1.6 700 AM 4/24 COOP
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