A prolonged period of cold northwesterly flow over the warmer waters of Lake Ontario set the stage for heavy lake effect snow over Oneida County. The lake effect snows started on the evening of the 2nd and persisted in varying intensities through the afternoon of the 4th.
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The episode as NWS BGM wrote it up.
A prolonged period of cold northwesterly flow over the warmer waters of Lake Ontario set the stage for heavy lake effect snow over Oneida County. The lake effect snows started on the evening of the 2nd and persisted in varying intensities through the afternoon of the 4th. Total snowfall accumulations ranged from 1 to 2 feet over the northern half of the county and between 4 and 9 inches in the southern half of the county.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 lake-effect snow. Local standard time, as filed.
A prolonged period of lake effect snow brought snowfall totals of 12 to 23 inches across Northern Oneida County. Amounts included 23 inches at Glenmore, 22 inches at Point Rock, and 12.5 inches at Camden.
A prolonged period of lake effect snow brought snowfall totals of 4 to 9 inches across Southern Oneida County. The town of Floyd measured 8.5 inches.
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