A cold front brought heavy snow to Northern Oneida County the evening of January 19th, which quickly transitioned to lake effect snow during the predawn hours of January 20th. 6 to 12 inches of snow fell.
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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.
The episode as NWS BGM wrote it up.
A cold front brought heavy snow to Northern Oneida County the evening of January 19th, which quickly transitioned to lake effect snow during the predawn hours of January 20th. 6 to 12 inches of snow fell.
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, 3:10 PM EST, 50 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 312 PM EST THU JAN 19 2012 NYZ009-202015- NORTHERN ONEIDA- 312 PM EST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NYZ018-036-037-202015- ONONDAGA-MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA- 312 PM EST THU JAN 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NYZ015>017-023-025-044>046-202015- YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-SCHUYLER-TOMPKINS-CORTLAND-CHENANGO- OTSEGO- 312 PM EST THU JAN 19 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NYZ022-024-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-202015- STEUBEN-CHEMUNG-TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA- NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 312 PM EST THU JAN 19 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A STORM SYSTEM SLIDING THROUGH THE MID ATLANTIC WILL BRING SNOW TO THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. EARLY INDICATIONS CALL FOR 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW OVER NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND THE LOWER CATSKILLS, WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES TO THE NORTH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PADAVONA
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy snow with a cold front, followed by lake effect snow, accumulated 6 to 12 inches in northern Oneida County. This includes 12.0 inches 8 miles east of Boonville, 10.0 inches in Alder Creek, and 8.0 inches in Woodgate.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, January 2012
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: 360214.