The long-lasting winter storm that began Sunday morning in Centre County will continue to have impacts into Tuesday morning for schools and businesses.
By late Monday night more than 11 inches of snow had fallen in State College, according to the National Weather Service, and several more were possible overnight.
Here’s a look at the closures delays announced so far for Monday night and Tuesday morning:
• State College Area School District schools are closed on Tuesday. The day will be made up on June 3.
• Bellefonte Area School District is closed on Tuesday. Students have the day off with no remote learning or flexible instruction
• Bald Eagle Area School District buildings are closed and students have a flexible instruction day.
• Penns Valley Area School District buildings are closed and students have a flexible instruction day.
• Penn State Health Medical Group State College locations will reopen at 10 a.m. Tuesday for in-person appointments. Appointments previously scheduled for earlier than 10 a.m. will be virtual visits. Penn State Health Medical Group will contact impacted patients. For any questions, contact information can be found at pshcc.org/locations.
• Schlow Centre Region Library’s in-person services are suspended until 1 p.m. on Tuesday.
• Snow emergencies are in effect for State College, College Township, Ferguson Township, Harris Township and Patton Township. Vehicles must be removed from public streets until the emergencies have been lifted and streets have been cleared or face ticketing or towing.
• Penn State has declared a “Midnight Clear” for Monday night into Tuesday. Parking will be prohibited at all faculty/staff surface parking lots on the University Park campus, including Innovation Park, from midnight Monday night through 7 a.m. Tuesday morning. The roof levels of all four campus parking decks are closed until further notice .
Overnight parking for faculty, staff and departmental vehicles will be available at several locations.
The storm impacted much of Pennsylvania on Sunday and throughout Monday. On Monday afternoon, Gov. Tom Wolf signed a proclamation of disaster emergency which appropriates funds to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, allows commonwealth agencies to use emergency procurement procedures, coordinates emergency response and authorizes the Department of Transportation to use all available resources for response and local assistance.
“Throughout the storm, PEMA is working with our state and county partners to make sure we have a clear understanding of the storm and how it is affecting different parts of the state,” PEMA Director Randy Padfield said in a statement. “We are particularly concerned with shipment and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines, so we appreciate citizens who are taking this storm seriously and staying off the roads because fewer vehicles means fewer incidents that could delay those operations.”
