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Winter Storm — Lehigh, Pennsylvania
February 1, 2021 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
Snow began in the county on January 31. It became heavy on February 1 as intense banding developed over the Lehigh Valley. Lighter snow continued into February 2 before the storm finally departed. By the end of the event, a report was received from Coopersburg of 31.0 inches of snow. Numerous other reports of 24 to 30 inches of snow were received in the major winter storm. The Lehigh Valley International Airport recorded a storm total of 27.3 inches of snow.||A 67 year old woman with Alzheimer's died of hypothermia in Allentown when she wandered outside during the storm.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.