Low pressure moving from the central Appalachians the morning of the 21st intensified off the Mid Atlantic coast and brought heavy snow to southern Connecticut on the 21st and 22nd.
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The episode as NWS OKX wrote it up.
Low pressure moving from the central Appalachians the morning of the 21st intensified off the Mid Atlantic coast and brought heavy snow to southern Connecticut on the 21st and 22nd.
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 New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 21, 10:18 AM EST, 42 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
The COOP observer in Bridgeport CT reported a total snowfall of 6.7 inches. Elsewhere, the public, CT DOT, and trained spotters reported total snowfalls of 9 to 11 inches.
The public reported total snowfall of 9.5 inches in Shelton.
The public and CT DOT reported widespread total snowfall of 6 to 9 inches.
CT DOT reported 6 inches of snow in Groton.
Broadcast media reported 6.7 inches of snow in Clinton. CT DOT reported 5.5 inches of snow in Old Saybrook.
Trained spotters in North Haven, Wallingford, and Wolcott reported total snowfall of 9.5, 8.3, and 5.8 inches, respectively.
CT DOT in Haddam and the public in Durham reported total snowfall of 8.5 and 9 inches, respectively.
Trained spotters and CT DOT reported widespread total snowfall amounts of 6 to 8 inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Connecticut in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, January 2014
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: 505376, 505373, 505377, 505378, 505379, 505374, 505372, 505375.