A westerly flow of arctic air caused a major lake effect snowstorm east of Lake Ontario which affected northern Oneida County from the late evening hours of the 18th to the early morning hours on the 20th. Between 12 and 21 inches of snow fell from this lake effect snowstorm.
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The episode as NWS BGM wrote it up.
A westerly flow of arctic air caused a major lake effect snowstorm east of Lake Ontario which affected northern Oneida County from the late evening hours of the 18th to the early morning hours on the 20th. Between 12 and 21 inches of snow fell from this lake effect snowstorm.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lake-effect snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Between 12 and 21 inches of snow fell across northern Oneida County. The highest snowfall amount was 21.3 inches in Boonville.
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