Pennsylvania snowfall totals: How much fell in your area?

Torin Sweeney, Erie Times-News
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Snow continued to fall Friday morning as a quick-moving storm rolled across Pennsylvania, canceling in-person school and making the roads treacherous. Authorities warned that quickly falling snow and high winds could make travel conditions dangerous, and advised motorists to delay travel plans if possible.

The National Weather Service said snow could fall as quickly as 1 to 2 inches per hour, and expected varying totals across the state.

The heaviest snowfall was predicted in the northwest corner of the state, with Erie seeing up to 10 inches from lake effect snow, and similar amounts possible in southwest Pennsylvania.

AccuWeather senior meteorologist Joe Lundberg said a storm targeting much of the East should develop into the first bomb cyclone of 2022. A bomb cyclone is defined as a storm whose central pressure plummets 24 millibars in 24 hours.

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Erie PA weather

Luis Torres, 27, of Turf Management Services in Millcreek Township, uses a four-wheeler to clear snow from sidewalks in the 400 block of State Street in Erie on Jan. 7, 2022. Winter weather returned to the region as about five inches of Lake Effect snow had fallen along the lakefront in Erie by 8 a.m. Up to 10 inches was expected from the storm.
Luis Torres, 27, of Turf Management Services in Millcreek Township, uses a four-wheeler to clear snow from sidewalks in the 400 block of State Street in Erie on Jan. 7, 2022. Winter weather returned to the region as about five inches of Lake Effect snow had fallen along the lakefront in Erie by 8 a.m. Up to 10 inches was expected from the storm.

Reports said 5 inches of snow had fallen in Erie as of 8 a.m. Friday. Six inches of snow were reported by a trained spotter in North East as of 7 a.m., according to NWS.

The area was placed under a lake effect snow warning overnight, with 10 inches possible by the time the storm clears. The snowfall could continue until 7 a.m. Saturday.

The heaviest snow was expected Friday morning, with bands of heavier snow persisting throughout the day.

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Central PA snowfall

Snow created the perfect winter picture on trees along Saint Marks Street in Manchester Township late Thursday night.
Snow created the perfect winter picture on trees along Saint Marks Street in Manchester Township late Thursday night.

Central PA saw as much as 7 inches in places, according to NWS.

In York County, Newberry reported 7 inches as of 5:30 a.m., Loganville reported 6.3 inches by 8:30 a.m., and Penn Township saw 6 inches.

In Adams County, Franklin Township reported 6.5 inches early this morning, with 6 inches in Gettysburg.

Lebanon was up to 5.5 inches at 8:30 a.m. Waynesboro reported 6.3 inches at 9 a.m.

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Somerset County snow

Some weather maps were calling for nearly a foot of snow overnight Thursday into Friday. AccuWeather maps showed southern parts of Somerset County getting between 6 to 12 inches.

Jefferson Township reported 7 inches of snow at 5 a.m. and Laurel Summit saw 5.5 inches at 7 a.m.

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Bucks County & Poconos weather

Al Ritter and son, AJ, 6, sled down the hill at Bolton Mansion on Holly Drive on Friday morning in Bristol Township. It’s the best sledding hill in Levittown, and generations of Levittown kids have sledded here. AJ has been sledding the hill since he was 2, his father said.
Al Ritter and son, AJ, 6, sled down the hill at Bolton Mansion on Holly Drive on Friday morning in Bristol Township. It’s the best sledding hill in Levittown, and generations of Levittown kids have sledded here. AJ has been sledding the hill since he was 2, his father said.

About 2 to 4 inches was expected in the southeastern corner of the state.

NWS Mount Holly reported the storm was moving across the I-95 corridor with snow falling at a rate of 1 to 2 inches per hour. Snowfall was expected start to slow about 8 a.m.

In Bucks County, snow fall totals ranged from 5 inches in Warwick to 3.5 inches in Bensalem with 4 inches reported in Buckingham, Hilltown and Lower Makefield.

In Mount Pocono, 2.6 inches of snow was reported. Tobyhanna saw 2.9 inches of snow.

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Snow in Beaver and Lawrence counties

The NWS office in Pittsburgh reported 1.5 inches of snow had fallen at their office as of midnight at the beginning of the storm, with additional accumulation expected overnight.

Aliquippa saw as much as 1.5 inches of snow as of 9:50 a.m. New Castle reported 1.2 inches at 6:40 a.m.

The office also warned of extreme wind chills, with temperatures feeling like their in the double digits.

This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: PA snow totals: How much snow fell in your part of the state