A coastal storm moved across the southern New England coastline, spreading a wintry mix of precipitation across much of the area. While the precipitation started as snow for most locations, snow quickly transitioned to sleet and freezing rain across portions of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and southeastern Massachusetts.
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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 BOX wrote it up.
A coastal storm moved across the southern New England coastline, spreading a wintry mix of precipitation across much of the area. While the precipitation started as snow for most locations, snow quickly transitioned to sleet and freezing rain across portions of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and southeastern Massachusetts. Areas of northern Massachusetts and southwestern New Hampshire remained all snow and received around a foot of snow.
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 Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 18, 9:17 PM EST, 43 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 545 AM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 MAZ002>006-008>010-012-026-190945- WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA-WESTERN ESSEX MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA- 545 AM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. .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. THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL LIKELY BE HEAVILY IMPACTED BY SNOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES INTO EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED AFTER MIDNIGHT. CTZ002>004-MAZ007-011-013-014-RIZ001-190945- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-EASTERN ESSEX MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA- NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- 545 AM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .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. HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. EVEN IF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FALL A LITTLE SHORT OF WARNING CRITERIA...SLEET AND SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL FURTHER COMPLICATE ROAD MAINTENANCE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THIS TIME PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED AFTER MIDNIGHT. MAZ015>019-RIZ002>004-006-190945- SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA- WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI- WESTERN KENT RI-EASTERN KENT RI-WASHINGTON RI- 545 AM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .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 WEATHER ADVISORY. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AND IMPACT THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. THERE COULD BE SOME POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AFTER THE SNOW AND SLEET CHANGES TO RAIN. STRONG GUSTY EAST WINDS POSSIBLE TUESDAY ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED AFTER MIDNIGHT. MAZ020>024-RIZ005-007-008-190945- SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA- NANTUCKET MA-BRISTOL RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI- 545 AM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF CHANGING TO RAIN. POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN TYPE FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY. STRONG GUSTY EAST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY ACROSS COASTAL RHODE ISLAND...CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION NOT EXPECTED FOR THIS AREA. NHZ011-012-015-190945- CHESHIRE NH-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- 545 AM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .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. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE VALLEYS AND 12 TO 16 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES INTO TUESDAY EVENING WHEN SEVERAL MORE INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED AFTER MIDNIGHT. ANZ232>237-255-256-190945- NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND-BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND- NARRAGANSETT BAY-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND- COASTAL WATERS EXTENDING OUT TO 25 NM SOUTH OF MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET- COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO MARTHAS VINEYARD EXTENDING OUT TO 20 NM SOUTH OF BLOCK ISLAND- 545 AM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EDT TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS. .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. GALE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. ANZ250-254-190945- COASTAL WATERS EAST OF IPSWICH BAY AND THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA OUT 20 NM- 545 AM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TUESDAY TO 2 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS. .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. GALE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. ANZ230-231-251-190945- BOSTON HARBOR-CAPE COD BAY-MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND IPSWICH BAY- 545 AM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 PM EDT TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS. .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. GALE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. THOMPSON/BELK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 710 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 CTZ002>004-MAZ009-011-190115- HARTFORD CT-TOLLAND CT-WINDHAM CT-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTFORD...WINDSOR LOCKS...UNION... VERNON...PUTNAM...WILLIMANTIC...BLANDFORD...SPRINGFIELD 710 PM EDT MON MAR 18 2013 ...SNOW WILL BE OVERSPREADING THE HARTFORD AND SPRINGFIELD AREAS THIS EVENING... AS OF 705 PM...STEADY SNOW HAD MOVED INTO WESTERN CONNECTICUT WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN DANBURY. HEAVIER SNOW WAS FALLING IN EASTERN NEW YORK STATE. THE SNOW AREA WAS MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD AND WILL BE OVERSPREADING THE HARTFORD AND SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREAS BETWEEN 8 PM AND 9 PM. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND EXERCISE CAUTION. FIELD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Six to fifteen inches of snow fell across Cheshire County.
Seven to fourteen inches of snow fell across eastern Hillsborough County.
Seven to sixteen inches of snow fell across western and central Hillsborough County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Hampshire in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in New Hampshire, March 2013
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: 437734, 437735, 437736.