A cold northwest flow across the warmer waters of Lake Ontario brought a moderate lake effect snow event to areas east of the lake. Snow totals were heaviest across Oneida County, where amounts ranged from 8 to 18 inches.
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The episode as NWS BGM wrote it up.
A cold northwest flow across the warmer waters of Lake Ontario brought a moderate lake effect snow event to areas east of the lake. Snow totals were heaviest across Oneida County, where amounts ranged from 8 to 18 inches. Further south, amounts were less with 5 to 10 inch amounts more common.
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 Jan 19, 6:53 AM EST, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 503 AM EST FRI JAN 19 2007 NYZ009-017-018-036-037-044>046-201015- NORTHERN ONEIDA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA- CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO- 503 AM EST FRI JAN 19 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNINGS IN EFFECT. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW TODAY...TRANSITIONS TO BANDS OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SQUALLS BY TONIGHT. SNOW SQUALLS CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS...ALONG WITH RAPID SNOWFALL RATES AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING LIKELY. SEE ALBWSWBGM FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LIKELY. SPORADIC MINOR DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE FROM THE WIND ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING. WIND CHILL MAY GO SLIGHTLY BELOW ZERO SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING...BUT SHOULD STAY ABOVE ADVISORY CRITERIA. NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED FROM SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN ACTIVATION TO COLLECT SNOW REPORTS MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. SNOW SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT SPECIAL CRITERIA SNOW TOTALS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NYZ015-016-022>025-055>057-201015- YATES-SENECA-STEUBEN-SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-TIOGA-BROOME- DELAWARE- 503 AM EST FRI JAN 19 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SOME LIGHT SNOW TODAY...FOLLOWED BY SCATTERED LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS...AND NO SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LIKELY. SPORADIC MINOR DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE FROM THE WIND ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING. WIND CHILL MAY GO SLIGHTLY BELOW ZERO SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING...BUT SHOULD STAY ABOVE ADVISORY CRITERIA. NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED FROM SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. SNOW SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO FORWARD SPECIAL CRITERIA SNOW TOTALS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NYZ062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-201015- SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA- LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 503 AM EST FRI JAN 19 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 lake-effect snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Snow spotters across the area reported snowfall amounts of 17 inches at Stokes Hill and Westernville, 15 inches at Point Rock and 15.6 inches at Camden from a heavy lake effect snow band that affected the area.
Snow spotters reported moderate snowfall accumulations, generally north of the New York State Thruway. Amounts included 15.5 inches at Holland Patent.
Snow spotters reported snow accumulations ranging from 6 to 8 inches across areas generally north of the city of Syracuse. Snowfall amounts included 8.1 inches at Clay, 8 inches in East Syracuse and 7.9 inches at the Syracuse airport.
Snow spotter amounts generally ranged from 6 to 8 inches across areas along the New York State Thruway and north. Snowfall amounts included 8 inches at Morrisville and 6.5 inches at Canastota.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, January 2007
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 9256, 9260, 9261, 9262.