State, local officials warn of possible flooding

First, it snowed. A lot. And now a combination of warmer than normal temperatures and rain threaten to turn last week’s snowstorm into this week’s flooding headaches. The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) is reminding citizens to monitor local forecasts this week for possible flooding due to snow melt and rain. Right now, widespread river flooding is not forecast. However,...

Groundhog, NWS agree: nasty weather inbound

4-6 inches of snow seen Monday; heavy rains, flooding possible Wed. While groundhogs may be seeing an extended winter, the National Weather Service says Chester County is in for a hairy week of wintery weather. It appears that the world most famous groundhog — Punxsutawney Phil — and the National Weather Service are on the same page: There’s lots more winter headed for Chester County. Although...

Snow way! Another storm set to dump on county

Schools, county offices close as up to a foot of snow could hit area Where have we heard this one before? Snow mixed with frigid temperatures has brought most of Chester County to a halt, closing schools, some municipal offices, county offices and other venues, as the National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm Warning for the county. The southern portion of the county is expected to see the greatest...

Icy freeze next, as snow moves out

Roads still messy, many public offices closed; low temps big worry in next 24 hours By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times As Chester County digs out from six to eight inches of snow, the concerns now move from clearly icy local roadways and keeping warm — as the National Weather Service is predicting temperatures tonight in the low single digits. While state and local road crews working to clear roads...

Hercules expected to dump 4 to 6 inches of snow

Dropping temperatures, high winds could make Thursday night/Friday morning travel hazardous Updated: 12:45 p.m., adds Chester County info, PennDOT comments By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times Chester County residents can expect 2014 to get off to a cold and snowy start, as Winter Storm Hercules is expected to dump 4 to 6 inches on snow on the county and see temperatures drop into the single digits by...

Column: Coming to terms with groundhogs

Or, how this once groundhog-basher has come to terms with the little weather rodent By Mike McGann, Editor, CoatesvilleTimes.com A groundhog. Typically, they're lousy at predicting the weather and selling lottery tickets. People get really touchy when it comes to groundhogs. As you may have read, Puxtawney Phil didn’t see his shadow this morning and we’re looking at six more weeks of winter....