A weakening Alberta Clipper dropped between one and four inches of snow across much of Eastern Pennsylvania. The snow began falling around sunrise on the 24th and ended during the late afternoon and early evening. Because air temperatures were around freezing and most of the snow fell during the day, it mainly accumulated on just grassy surfaces. The only main exception was in Berks County where it snowed the heaviest and several snow related accidents occurred. In Amity Township, a three vehicle accident occurred on the Ben Franklin Highway and a 22-year-old woman suffered a serious head injury. In Reading, the intersection of Robeson and McKnight Streets was closed for about five hours after a home heating oil delivery truck rolled onto its passenger side and 40 gallons of oil spilled on the roadway. Accidents caused a couple of other roadway closures in Amity and Spring Townships.In all areas, as skies cleared later during the evening, standing, untreated water and slush froze and caused hazardous traveling conditions. Accumulations included 3.7 inches in Wyomissing (Berks County), 3.6 inches in Saylorsburg (Monroe County), 3.5 inches in Fredericksville (Berks County), 3.4 inches in Boyertown (Berks County), 3.1 inches in Lehighton (Carbon County), 2.5 inches in Williams Township (Northampton County), 2.3 inches in Palm (Montgomery County), 2.2 inches at the Lehigh Valley International Airport, 2.0 inches in Pocono Summit and Forks Township (Northampton County), 1.9 inches in Springtown (Bucks County) and 1.5 inches in Blue Bell (Montgomery County) and 1.3 inches in Phoenixville (Chester County).  Accumulations around the local Philadelphia area were less than one inch and in many places less than half an inch. The Alberta low pressure system that brought the snow moved from the central Ohio Valley at 7 p.m. EST on the 23rd east into West Virginia around sunrise on the 24th and to the Virginia/North Carolina border during the early afternoon on the 24th. This low pressure system merged east of North Carolina during the early evening on the 24th with another developing low pressure system that formed on the South Carolina coastal waters earlier that day. By 7 a.m. EST on the 25th, the low pressure system was well offshore, about 500 miles east of the Delmarva Peninsula.

Winter Weather in BERKS, PENNSYLVANIA
From 24-FEB-04 06:00:00 to 24-FEB-04 18:00:00 (EST)
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Winter Weather in BUCKS, PENNSYLVANIA
From 24-FEB-04 09:00:00 to 24-FEB-04 19:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in CARBON, PENNSYLVANIA
From 24-FEB-04 05:00:00 to 24-FEB-04 17:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA
From 24-FEB-04 07:00:00 to 24-FEB-04 19:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in LEHIGH, PENNSYLVANIA
From 24-FEB-04 07:00:00 to 24-FEB-04 19:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in MONROE, PENNSYLVANIA
From 24-FEB-04 05:00:00 to 24-FEB-04 17:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in MONTGOMERY, PENNSYLVANIA
From 24-FEB-04 08:00:00 to 24-FEB-04 19:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in NORTHAMPTON, PENNSYLVANIA
From 24-FEB-04 07:00:00 to 24-FEB-04 19:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER