A cold westerly flow of air across the relatively warm waters of Lake Ontario led to a lake effect snowstorm that affected northern Oneida County from Friday New Year's day to Saturday morning the 2nd. Snowfall ranged up to a foot in the northwest part of Oneida County.
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A cold westerly flow of air across the relatively warm waters of Lake Ontario led to a lake effect snowstorm that affected northern Oneida County from Friday New Year's day to Saturday morning the 2nd. Snowfall ranged up to a foot in the northwest part of Oneida County.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lake-effect snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Lake-effect snow dumped up to a foot of snow in northwest Oneida County. Most areas in northern Oneida County saw between 4 and 12 inches of snow. The highest snowfall that was reported was 1 mile southeast of Point Rock where 12.0 inches of snow fell.
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