Low pressure moving from the central Appalachians the morning of the 21st intensified off the Mid Atlantic coast and brought heavy snow to most of northeast New Jersey.
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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 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 most of northeast New Jersey.
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, 6:46 AM EST, 1 hour 44 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.
Newark Airport reported 10 inches of snow, and a trained spotter in Belleville reported 8.2 inches.
Trained spotters, NJ DOT, and the public reported widespread snowfall totals of 11-12 inches.
NJ DOT, trained spotters, and the public reported widespread snowfall totals of 9.5 to 12.5 inches.
The public reported widespread snowfall totals of 8 to 11 inches.
NJ DOT, the public, and trained spotters reported widespread snowfall totals of 8 to 12 inches.
NJ DOT and trained spotters reported widespread snowfall totals of 6 to 13 inches.
NJ DOT and trained spotters reported widespread snowfall amounts of 10 to 13 inches.
Trained spotters reported widespread snowfall amounts of 6 to 10 inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Jersey in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, 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: 505345, 505350, 505351, 505353, 505354, 505349, 505344, 505352.