Heavy Snow, Onondaga
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Onondaga forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.006, -76.195 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in New York, March 1, 2001
A cold arctic airmass moved in from the west late on February 28th. A band of lake effect snow shifted south into extreme northern Onondaga County late on the 28th then remained stationary well into March 1st.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS BGM wrote it up.
A cold arctic airmass moved in from the west late on February 28th. A band of lake effect snow shifted south into extreme northern Onondaga County late on the 28th then remained stationary well into March 1st. The band started over Lake Huron's Georgian Bay before gathering more moisture from Lake Ontario. Snowfall amounts ranged from almost two feet in Lysander in extreme northwest Onondaga County to 6 inches at the Syracuse International Airport in North Syracuse. Snowfall amounts dropped off quickly further east and south. The lake effect snow weakened late afternoon on the 1st before reintensifying late that day into the 2nd. Snowfall amounts were less than 6 inches in 12 hours with this second event.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Ice Storm in Kansas, March 1, 2001
- Rip Current in California, March 1, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, March 1 to 3, 2001
- Heavy Rain in Georgia, March 1 to 31, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Louisiana, March 1 to 3, 2001
- Dense Fog in Arizona, March 1, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 1, 2001
- Cold in West Virginia, March 1 to 31, 2001
- Drought in North Carolina, March 1 to 31, 2001
- Drought in South Carolina, March 1 to 31, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 1, 2001
- Drought in Texas, March 1 to 31, 2001
More
Every storm in New York in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, March 2001
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5237499.