A low pressure system that moved up the eastern seaboard developed an intense narrow band of snow which was centered over the northern tier of Pennsylvania in Susquehanna County. This snow band produced tremendous snowfall rates of up to 3 inches per hour.
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The episode as NWS BGM wrote it up.
A low pressure system that moved up the eastern seaboard developed an intense narrow band of snow which was centered over the northern tier of Pennsylvania in Susquehanna County. This snow band produced tremendous snowfall rates of up to 3 inches per hour. Storm total snowfalls in a narrow 15 mile band ranged from 6-11 inches.
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 Mar 30, 7:13 PM EST, 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
813 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM THAT WAS CENTERED OFF THE NEW JERSEY
COAST THIS EVENING WILL SHIFT FARTHER OUT TO SEA OVERNIGHT. ALL
THE SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. IN
THE MEANTIME...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND IN CENTRAL NEW YORK FROM INTERSTATE 81
AND POINTS EAST. AS THIS WINTER STORM EXITS OFF TO THE NORTHEAST
COAST, HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH
MILDER MORE SPRING LIKE WEATHER. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO
THE 40S FOR MONDAY, AND POSSIBLY NEAR 60 FOR TUESDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/...
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A CLOSED MID TO UPPER LEVEL LOW SPINNING
OFF THE NJ COAST. A DEFORMATION ZONE OF LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW HAS SET
UP TO THE WEST OF THIS UPPER LEVEL LOW FROM ABT UCA TO NORWICH TO
THE CITY OF BINGHAMTON TO AVP. THERE WAS A SECONDARY BAND OF
HEAVIER MIXED PRECIP...FROM DELAWARE CO INTO THE POCONOS. WITH
MORE SHOWERLY LOOKING PRECIP TO THE S AND E. THIS AREA WAS MAINLY
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND JUST PLAIN RAIN.
THE RAP SHOWS THAT THIS UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL DRIFT EASTWARD
BETWEEN 01Z AND 04Z AND THE DEFORMATION ZONE THAT WAS PRESENTLY AT
THE WEST EDGE OF THE PRECIP SHIELD WILL WEAKEN. I BELIEVE ANOTHER
BAND WILL FORM FARTHER TO THE S AND E AND AFFECT THE WESTERN
CATSKILLS INTO PIKE CO/SRN WAYNE BTWN 1 AND 4Z. HOWEVER...THE
CYCLONE WAS BECOMING MORE VERTICALLY STACKED AT THIS TIME AND THUS
BELIEVE THE HEAVIEST SNOW FROM THIS STORM IN OUR AREA WILL BE
OVER. SO HAVE ADJUSTED SNOW AMNTS DOWN A TOUCH FOR SULLIVAN AND
PIKE CO/S.
FARTHER N AND W...HAVE HAD TO CHASE SNOW AMNTS AS BANDING WAS
LEADING TO RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME SOME OF
THE HIGHER RADAR RETURNS WERE RELATED TO THE MELTING LEVEL AND
JUST SLEET AND WET SNOW WAS FALLING WITH LESS ACCUMULATION. SO WE
HAVE RELIED HEAVILY ON SPOTTER REPORTS. THANKS TO ALL SPOTTERS WHO
HAVE SENT REPORTS IN...THEY HAVE BEEN MOST HELPFUL.
WILL CONT WINTER WX ADVY WHERE IT IS IN EFFECT FOR NOW. LIKELY
WILL DROP CORTLAND AND TIOGA CO/S BY 9 PM OR SO AS IT LOOKS LIKE
THE DEFORMATION BAND HAS HALTED ITS WESTWARD PROGRESS. I WILL WAIT
AND SEE ON THIS.
REST OF FORECAST AREA TO THE WEST OF THE PRECIP SHIELD WILL BE
JUST CLOUDY AND BLUSTERY FOR THE NIGHTTIME HOURS.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
320 PM UPDATE...
HIPRES WL BUILD IN ON MONDAY AS COASTAL STORM RIDES OFF TO THE
NORTHEAST TAKING MOISTURE WITH IT. ONLY LINGERING AFFECT WL BE
CLOUD CVR VRY EARLY IN THE MRNG BFR DRY AIR MVS IN FM THE NW.
SKIES WL BE MOSUNNY AND TEMPS WL HANDILY RISE INTO THE 40S/NR 50
UNDER STRONG MARCH SUN TOMORROW.
500MB HEIGHTS FOR TUESDAY WILL CLIMB TO NR 567DM WITH S/WV RIDGE
BUILDING DIRECTLY OVRHD. GIVEN STRONG MARCH SUN HV GONE ABV
GUIDANCE NUMBERS WITH HIGHS IN THE U50S/LWR 60S IN THE VLYS. NO
WX IS EXPECTED UNTIL NEXT S/WV APPCHS TUE NGT, SPREADING SHOWERS
INTO PORTIONS OF THE AREA MAINLY ACRS NRN ZONES.
&&
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
245 PM UPDATE..
SLIGHTLY COOLER WEATHER BUILDS INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO
THURSDAY WHICH WILL RETURN TEMPS CLOSER TO SEASONAL NORMS. THE
MAIN FEATURE OF INTEREST IN THE EXTENDED WILL BE THE DEVELOPMENT
OF A CLOSED UPPER LOW OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST BY FRIDAY. SOME
PRECIPITATION, MAINLY RAIN SHOWERS, MAY TRY TO SNEAK INTO THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE CWA LATE THURSDAY ALONG A BOUNDARY. FOR THE
MOST PART THOUGH WE STAY PRECIPITATION FREE UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT
WHEN A FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLOSED LOW MENTIONED ABOVE, MOVES
THROUGH. WE ARE TALKING ALMOST AN ENTIRELY RAIN EVENT BUT SOME
ENOUGH COLD AIR MAY REMAIN FOR SOME WET SNOW OVER NORTHERN ONEIDA
COUNTY FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION ENDS SATURDAY AS OUR REGION
GETS INTO A DRY SLOT. BEYOND SATURDAY WE COOL BACK TO BELOW NORMAL
FOR THE 2ND HALF OF THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE ACTUAL
UPPER LOW MOVES JUST TO OUR NORTH.
&&
.AVIATION /00Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
730 PM UPDATE...
COMPLEX AVIATION FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT. GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT
MONDAY MORNING. VFR MON AFTN ON. IN GENERAL IFR CIGS AT ITH AND
BGM WILL CONTINUE. POSSIBLE IFR AT AVP AND RME IN SNOW UP TO 3Z.
SHARP LINE OF SNOW FROM JUST EAST OF RME AND BGM. THIS LINE
SLOWING BUT MAY MAKE IT TO BOTH SITES THIS EVE WITH IFR VSBYS.
AREA OF SNOW ALSO OVER AVP CONTINUING INTO THE OVERNIGHT BEFORE
DYING IN PLACE. MVFR CIGS WITH VSBYS IFR AND MVFR AVP. CIGS WILL
REMAIN THE SAME ALL NIGHT BUT AS SNOW ENDS VSBYS WILL IMPROVE TO
VFR.
AT SYR/ELM/RME MVFR CIGS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH VFR VSBYS.
AT ITH/BGM IFR CIGS CONTINUE ALL NIGHT WITH VFR VSBYS. BGM DUE TO
ELEVATION AND ITH DUE TO FETCH OFF CAYUGA LAKE.
AFTER 10Z SLOW IMPROVEMENT TO MVFR THEN TO VFR BY 16Z.
NORTH WINDS 10 T0 15 KTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS AT BGM AND AVP INTO
MONDAY.
OUTLOOK...
MON NGT THROUGH WED NGT...MAINLY VFR.
THUR/FRI...RESTRICTIONS POSSIBLE IN LIGHT RAIN.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
8 PM UPDATE...
FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES ACROSS THE SOUTH AND EAST. CURRENT PRECIP
HAS CHANGED TO SNOW AND SLEET. RUNOFF SHOULD BE CUTTING OFF SOON.
THIS DUE TO TEMPERATURES AROUND FREEZING AND PRECIP IN FROZEN
FORM. MAY BE ABLE TO DROP THE WATCH BY MIDNIGHT.
CURRENT FLOODING IS NINEMILE CREEK AT LAKELAND IN ONONDAGA COUNTY
AND TIOUGHNIOGA RIVER AT CORTLAND IN CORTLAND COUNTY. BOTH SHOULD
REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING THEN FALL BELOW MONDAY. NO
OTHER POINTS ARE EXPECTED TO FLOOD NOW. NO REPORTS OF ICE JAMS.
&&
.BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY FOR PAZ038>040-043-044-047-
048-072.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY FOR PAZ038>040-
043-044-047-048-072.
NY...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY FOR NYZ036-037-044>046-
055>057-062.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY FOR NYZ036-037-
044>046-055>057-062.
&&
SYNOPSIS...DJN
NEAR TERM...DJN
SHORT TERM...PVN
LONG TERM...HEDEN
AVIATION...TAC
HYDROLOGY...TACHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 549 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 NYZ009-015>018-022>025-312200- NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN- SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS- 549 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NYZ036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-312200- MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA-BROOME- DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING- LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 549 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 647 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 NYZ036-037-045-046-056-057-062-PAZ039-040-043-044-047-048-072- 310500- MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN- SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE- SOUTHERN WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...UTICA...ROME...NORWICH... ONEONTA...COOPERSTOWN...BINGHAMTON...WALTON...DELHI... MONTICELLO...MONTROSE...TUNKHANNOCK...SCRANTON...WILKES-BARRE... HAZLETON...MILFORD...HONESDALE 647 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET LEADING TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... AS OF EARLY THIS EVENING...A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET EXTENDED FROM NEAR UTICA AND COOPERSTOWN SOUTH THROUGH NORWICH AND ONEONTA TO BINGHAMTON IN NEW YORK...TO THE MONTROSE...TUNKHANNOCK...SCRANTON AND WILKES BARRE AREAS IN PENNSYLVANIA. THIS BAND WAS LOCALLY PRODUCING RAPID ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW LEADING TO EXTREMELY SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS. EXPECT ACCUMULATIONS FROM A DUSTING TO 3 INCHES IN MOST AREAS WITH UP TO 5 INCHES OVER THE HIGHEST TERRAIN. THE BAND OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL SLOWLY MOVE TO THE WEST AND WEAKEN IN INTENSITY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE. IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA THE BAND OF HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET SHOULD SHIFT TO THE EAST BETWEEN 7 AND 9 PM AND AFFECT MORE OF THE POCONOS AND THE WESTERN CATSKILLS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. YOU COULD ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BGM DAVE NICOSIA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 830 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 NYZ036-037-045-046-056-057-062-PAZ039-040-043-044-047-048-072- 310300- MADISON-SOUTHERN ONEIDA-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN- SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE- SOUTHERN WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...UTICA...ROME...NORWICH... ONEONTA...COOPERSTOWN...BINGHAMTON...WALTON...DELHI... MONTICELLO...MONTROSE...TUNKHANNOCK...SCRANTON...WILKES-BARRE... HAZLETON...MILFORD...HONESDALE 830 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL FROM SNOW AND ICE IN MUCH OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND IN CENTRAL NEW YORK MAINLY EAST OF A UTICA TO VESTAL NEW YORK LINE... RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET FROM THE UTICA AREA SOUTH THROUGH NORWICH TO THE TRIPLE CITIES OF REGION AROUND BINGHAMTON IN NEW YORK STATE AND THEN SOUTHWARD ACROSS SUSQUEHANNA AND WYOMING COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA TO THE SCRANTON AND WILKES BARRE AREAS. THIS BAND OF SNOW AND SLEET HAS CAUSED MAJOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS...AND EVEN SOME ROAD CLOSURES. INTERSTATE 88 NEAR BELDON HILL AND INTERSTATE 81 IN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO BE PARTICULARLY BAD. ROUTE 6 IN WYOMING COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA HAS BEEN REPORTED TO BE CLOSED. THE SNOW WILL TAPER DOWN IN THE ABOVE AREAS BETWEEN 9 PM AND 11 PM AND SHIFT EASTWARD. EXPECT A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO TURN TO ALL SNOW AND AFFECT THE NORTHERN POCONOS TO WESTERN CATSKILLS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR THESE AREAS AS WELL. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. YOU COULD ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/BGM DAVE NICOSIA
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall amounts in a narrow strip across the central sections of Susquehanna county ranged from 6-11 inches. The highest snowfall total of 11 inches fell five miles west of Montrose.
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