A low pressure system passing to the south of the Delmarva Peninsula and a high pressure system passing across nearby Canada and New England once again combined to given Eastern Pennsylvania its last winter storm of the season. Accumulations ranged from 1 to 6 inches with the highest amounts in the southern Poconos, Lehigh Valley and the far northern Philadelphia suburbs. Snow fell heavy at times in those areas around Noon EDT. Precipitation started as snow during the morning commute throughout the area. Warmer air arriving from the nearby Atlantic near the surface and the southern states aloft started a slow changeover across the region. Precipitation was mixed with sleet from the start in Philadelphia and changed to plain rain in and around Philadelphia during the early afternoon. In the northern Philadelphia suburbs and Berks County, precipitation did not change to sleet until the afternoon. Precipitation changed to plain rain late in the afternoon, but pockets of freezing rain persisted until the precipitation ended during the late evening. About one tenth of an inch of ice accrued on exposed surfaces or on top of the snow. Across the Lehigh Valley, precipitation changed to sleet during the mid afternoon and freezing rain from the evening commute until it ended toward midnight EDT. Ice accretions were less than one tenth of an inch. Across the Poconos, precipitation changed to sleet during the evening commute and to freezing rain later that evening until it ended toward midnight EDT. Ice accretions were generally just a few hundredths of an inch. Dozens of accidents were reported. Many vehicles slid off roads into ditches. The accumulating snow did not start until after people were either at work or school. From the northern Philadelphia suburbs north through Berks County, the Lehigh Valley and Poconos schools dismissed early. Some buses became stuck on hills. Some schools in the Poconos never opened. The worst accidents occurred in Bucks County where three fatalities occurred. In Buckingham Township about 10 a.m. EDT, a 41-year-old man and his 33-year-old wife were killed as passengers in a vehicle when they were struck by a landscaping truck on Pennsylvania State Route 413. In Bensalem Township, a 18-year-old Neshaminy High School girl was killed in a head-on collision with a van at about 2 p.m. EDT on Bensalem Boulevard. She was a passenger in a vehicle whose driver lost control of it, crossed the double yellow line and struck the van. The 19-year-old woman driver, a 17-year-old female passenger, an 18-year-old male passenger and the 52-year-old driver of the van were all critically injured.  Specific accumulations included 6.3 inches in Springtown (Bucks County), 6.2 inches in Saylorsburg (Monroe County), 6.0 inches in Forks Township (Northampton County), 5.2 inches in Palm (Montgomery County), 5.0 inches in Boyertown (Berks County) and Salisbury Township (Lehigh County), 4.5 inches in Pricetown (Berks County), 4.0 inches at the Lehigh Valley International Airport, in Pocono Summit (Monroe County), Reading (Berks County), Lansford (Carbon County) and Perkasie (Bucks County), 3.0 inches in Honeybrook and Downingtown (Chester County), 2.3 inches in Conshohocken (Montgomery County), 1.8 inches at the Philadelphia International Airport and 1.0 inch in Media (Delaware County)The low pressure system moved from the Gulf Coast states on the 6th into the Tennessee Valley the night of the 6th. As the primary low pressure system moved toward Ohio the morning of the 7th, a secondary low pressure system was forming near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. This second low pressure system became the primary system and moved northeast. It was just east of Wallops Island, Virginia during the evening of the 7th and was well east of the Delmarva Peninsula just past midnight EDT on the 8th.Winter 2002-3 was one of the ten snowiest winters on record for most of Eastern Pennsylvania. At the Philadelphia International Airport, the seasonal snowfall total was 46.3 inches, the 5th snowiest winter on record. At the Lehigh Valley International Airport, the seasonal snowfall total of 54.9 inches was the 7th snowiest winter on record.

Winter Storm in NORTHAMPTON, PENNSYLVANIA
From 07-APR-03 07:00:00 to 07-APR-03 22:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in BERKS, PENNSYLVANIA
From 07-APR-03 05:30:00 to 07-APR-03 15:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in BUCKS, PENNSYLVANIA
From 07-APR-03 07:00:00 to 07-APR-03 21:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in CARBON, PENNSYLVANIA
From 07-APR-03 07:00:00 to 07-APR-03 22:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA
From 07-APR-03 07:00:00 to 07-APR-03 15:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in MONTGOMERY, PENNSYLVANIA
From 07-APR-03 07:00:00 to 07-APR-03 20:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
From 07-APR-03 08:00:00 to 07-APR-03 13:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in DELAWARE, PENNSYLVANIA
From 07-APR-03 08:00:00 to 07-APR-03 13:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in LEHIGH, PENNSYLVANIA
From 07-APR-03 07:00:00 to 07-APR-03 22:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in MONROE, PENNSYLVANIA
From 07-APR-03 07:00:00 to 07-APR-03 22:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER