A winter storm that lasted about eighteen hours dropped about 5 to 8 inches of snow across most of Eastern Pennsylvania. Snow moved into the region during the evening of the 6th and fell at a fairly steady rate throughout the event. Snow ended during the early afternoon of the 7th. Many schools were closed as were some businesses. Philadelphia declared a snow emergency and many city offices and services were cancelled. About 10 percent of all flights into and out of Philadelphia International Airport were cancelled. Regional rail service in and around Philadelphia ran about 30 minutes late. There were numerous accidents as this event ended on a Friday. For example, in Northampton County there were 93 reported accidents from midnight through 230 p.m. EST on the 7th. One of the worst accidents occurred in Yardley (Bucks County) when a 32-year-old mother and 18 month old daughter were critically injured after their SUV crashed into a pick-up truck. Also in Bucks County in Lower Makefield Township, a tractor trailer driver escaped with only minor injuries after his vehicle veered out of control on Northbound Interstate 95, destroyed 75 feet of guardrail before it plummeted 20 feet onto Taylorsville Road. In Northampton County, the eastbound lanes of Interstate 78 were closed for two hours around Bethlehem during the late morning of the 7th after a multi-vehicle accident occurred. In Berks County a 75-year-old Ruscombmanor man suffered a fatal heart attack while shoveling the snow. Specific accumulations included 8.3 inches in Bensalem (Bucks County), 8.0 inches in Langhorne (Bucks County), Oley (Berks County) and Kunkeltown (Monroe County), 7.8 inches in Wynnewood and Ambler (Montgomery County), 7.7 inches in Williams Township (Northampton County), 7.5 inches in Byberry (Philadelphia County), Boyertown (Berks County), Easton (Northampton County), and Secane (Delaware County), 7.4 inches in Salisbury Township (Lehigh County), Furlong (Bucks County), 7.0 inches in at the Philadelphia International Airport, East Stroudsburg (Monroe County), Pottstown (Montgomery County), Reading (Berks County), Lansford (Carbon County) and Newtown Square (Delaware County), 6.5 inches in Fricks (Bucks County) and Downingtown (Chester County), 6.4 inches in Springtown (Bucks County) and 6.0 inches in Quakertown (Bucks County), Jim Thorpe (Carbon County) and Oxford (Chester County). The low pressure system responsible for the snow formed across the Gulf Coast States during the day on the 6th and moved quickly northeast to near Elizabeth City, north Carolina the morning of the 7th and well offshore by that evening. While the low pressure system itself was relatively weak and a fast mover, precipitation intensity was aided by a strong subtropical jet which brought moisture from the tropical Pacific Ocean into the region.

Heavy Snow in BERKS, PENNSYLVANIA
From 06-FEB-03 20:30:00 to 07-FEB-03 12:30:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in BUCKS, PENNSYLVANIA
From 06-FEB-03 21:00:00 to 07-FEB-03 13:45:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in CARBON, PENNSYLVANIA
From 06-FEB-03 21:30:00 to 07-FEB-03 13:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA
From 06-FEB-03 20:30:00 to 07-FEB-03 12:30:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in DELAWARE, PENNSYLVANIA
From 06-FEB-03 20:30:00 to 07-FEB-03 13:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in LEHIGH, PENNSYLVANIA
From 06-FEB-03 21:00:00 to 07-FEB-03 13:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in MONROE, PENNSYLVANIA
From 06-FEB-03 21:30:00 to 07-FEB-03 13:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in MONTGOMERY, PENNSYLVANIA
From 06-FEB-03 20:30:00 to 07-FEB-03 13:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in NORTHAMPTON, PENNSYLVANIA
From 06-FEB-03 21:00:00 to 07-FEB-03 13:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
From 06-FEB-03 20:00:00 to 07-FEB-03 13:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER