New York, 2007Heavy Snow in New York, December 13, 2007
December 13, 2007 · NWS BGM · 12 events in 12 counties and zones
A low pressure system tracked from the southeast United States to off the Middle Atlantic coast. Light snow overspread central New York during the morning hours and became heavy through the afternoon before tapering off by early evening.
Every event with a place to put it; 12 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Floods
- Wind
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
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- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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.
A low pressure system tracked from the southeast United States to off the Middle Atlantic coast. Light snow overspread central New York during the morning hours and became heavy through the afternoon before tapering off by early evening. Snowfall amounts ranged generally between 5 and 10 inches.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 13, 6:35 AM EST, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 6:35 AM EST, 25 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 13, 3:31 AM EST, 3 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
331 AM EST THU DEC 13 2007
NYZ009-018-036-037-140845-
NORTHERN ONEIDA-ONONDAGA-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-
331 AM EST THU DEC 13 2007
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
SNOW ADVISORY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
SATURDAY NIGHT, A MUCH STRONGER STORM IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE
REGION. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
TO NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA. AT THIS TIME, IT IS TOO EARLY TO
PROJECT THE EXACT TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS WINTER STORM.
ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED REGARDING THIS STORM AS THE
EVENT APPROACHES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-140845-
BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-
SOUTHERN WAYNE-
331 AM EST THU DEC 13 2007
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST
THIS EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
WINTER STORM WARNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
SATURDAY NIGHT, A STRONG STORM IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE REGION.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO NEW
YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA. AT THIS TIME, IT IS TOO EARLY TO PROJECT
THE EXACT TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS WINTER STORM. ADDITIONAL
STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED REGARDING THIS STORM AS THE EVENT
APPROACHES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
NYZ015>017-022>025-044>046-055>057-062-140845-
YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-STEUBEN-SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-
CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-
331 AM EST THU DEC 13 2007
...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST
THIS EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
HEAVY SNOW WARNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
SATURDAY NIGHT, A STRONG STORM IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE REGION.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO NEW
YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA. AT THIS TIME, IT IS TOO EARLY TO PROJECT
THE EXACT TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS WINTER STORM. ADDITIONAL
STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED REGARDING THIS STORM AS THE EVENT
APPROACHES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
Heavy Snow, Broome
- When
- December 13, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Broome forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 42.160, -75.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A winter storm brought 6 to 10 inches of snow across the county.
Heavy Snow, Chenango
- When
- December 13, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chenango forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 42.494, -75.612 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A winter storm brought 4 to 9 inches of snow across the county.
Heavy Snow, Cortland
- When
- December 13, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cortland forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 42.595, -76.070 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A winter storm brought about 7 inches of snow to the county.
Heavy Snow, Delaware
- When
- December 13, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Delaware forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 42.198, -74.966 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A winter storm brought 6 to 10 inches of snow to the county.
Heavy Snow, Madison
- When
- December 13, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 42.913, -75.670 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A winter storm brought 4 to 7 inches of snow to the county.
Heavy Snow, Onondaga
- When
- December 13, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Onondaga forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.006, -76.195 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A winter storm brought 4 to 9 inches of snow to the county.
Heavy Snow, Otsego
- When
- December 13, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Otsego forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 42.634, -75.033 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A winter storm brought 6 to 8 inches of snow to the county.
Heavy Snow, Steuben
- When
- December 13, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Steuben forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 42.268, -77.384 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A winter storm brought 5 to 10 inches of snow to the county.
Heavy Snow, Sullivan
- When
- December 13, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sullivan forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 41.716, -74.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A winter storm brought 8 to 11 inches of snow to the county.
Heavy Snow, Tioga
- When
- December 13, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Tioga forecast zone
- Deaths
- 0 direct, 1 indirect
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 42.170, -76.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A winter storm brought 6 to 8 inches of snow to the county.
Heavy Snow, Tompkins
- When
- December 13, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Tompkins forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 42.452, -76.474 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A winter storm brought about 8 inches of snow to the county.
Heavy Snow, Yates
- When
- December 13, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Yates forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 42.633, -77.105 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A winter storm brought as much as 10 inches of snow to the county.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|
| Heavy Snow, Tioga | 2007-12-13 | 23 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
- 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.
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 71617, 71618, 71619, 71620, 71621, 71622, 71623, 71625, 71626, 71627, 71628, 71629.