Winter Storm and Cold in New York, January 12 to 14, 2018

Name: Winter Storm and Cold in New York, January 12 to 14, 2018
Start: 2018-01-12T19:00
End: 2018-01-14T09:00
Location: New York

January 12 to 14, 2018 · NWS ALY · 19 events in 17 counties and zones

Tropical moisture was lifted over a sharp cold front as it moved into eastern New York in the evening of Friday, January 12, causing rain to turn to sleet and snow and become heavy from Friday evening into Saturday morning. Despite warm temperatures in the 50s during the day, snowfall accumulated 6 to 12 inches over northern Herkimer County as temperatures fell into the 20s and 30s.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 19 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 19

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS ALY wrote it up.

Temperatures continued to plummet behind the cold front, with frigid wind chills as low as -25F by the morning of Sunday, January 14.

What forecasters said that day

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 Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 12, 6:45 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 6:45 PM EST, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 12, 4:00 PM EST, 3 hours before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albany NY
400 PM EST Fri Jan 12 2018

NYZ032-033-038-042-082-131200-
Northern Herkimer-Hamilton-Southern Herkimer-Northern Warren-
Northern Fulton-
400 PM EST Fri Jan 12 2018

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST
SATURDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the southern Adirondacks and
western Mohawk Valley of east central New York.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and 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 Storm Warning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.
   Winter Storm Warning.

Wind chill values of 20 to 30 below zero are possible Saturday night
into Sunday morning. Wind chill headlines will likely need to be
issued.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are requested to send measurements of ice accretion and
snowfall amounts to the National Weather Service.

NYZ039>041-043-047>054-083-084-VTZ013>015-131200-
Southern Fulton-Montgomery-Northern Saratoga-Northern Washington-
Schoharie-Western Schenectady-Eastern Schenectady-Southern Saratoga-
Western Albany-Eastern Albany-Western Rensselaer-Eastern Rensselaer-
Southeast Warren-Southern Washington-Bennington-Western Windham-
Eastern Windham-
400 PM EST Fri Jan 12 2018

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM
EST SATURDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the greater Capital District,
Lake George Saratoga Region, the eastern Mohawk Valley, Schoharie
Valley, Helderbergs, and northern Taconics of east central New York,
and southern Vermont.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and 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...Saturday through Thursday.

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.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are requested to send measurements of ice accretion and
snowfall amounts to the National Weather Service.

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ058>061-063>066-131200-
Northern Litchfield-Southern Litchfield-Northern Berkshire-
Southern Berkshire-Western Greene-Eastern Greene-Western Columbia-
Eastern Columbia-Western Ulster-Eastern Ulster-Western Dutchess-
Eastern Dutchess-
400 PM EST Fri Jan 12 2018

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 7 PM EST
SATURDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the central and southeastern
Catskills, mid Hudson Valley, the central and southern Taconics of
east central New York, the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, and
northwestern Connecticut.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and 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...Saturday through Thursday.

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.

In addition, rapidly falling temperatures on Saturday will lead to a
flash freeze, causing any standing water to freeze in place.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are requested to send measurements of ice accretion and
snowfall amounts to the National Weather Service.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 12, 1:50 PM EST, 5 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
150 PM EST FRI JAN 12 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0115 PM     FLOOD            4 NW ARLINGTON          43.10N  73.22W
01/12/2018                   BENNINGTON         VT   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            WATER FLOWING OVER ROUTE 313 DUE TO ICE JAM.

&&

EVENT NUMBER ALY1800326

11

Local storm report, Jan 12, 2:18 PM EST, 4 hours 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
218 PM EST FRI JAN 12 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0103 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CHESHIRE                42.56N  73.15W
01/12/2018                   BERKSHIRE          MA   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            ROUTE 8 AT LANESBORO ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING FROM
            AN ICE JAM ON THUNDER BROOK.

&&

CORRECTED FATALITIES...INJURIES...REMARKS

EVENT NUMBER ALY1800325

11

Local storm report, Jan 12, 3:03 PM EST, 3 hours 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
303 PM EST FRI JAN 12 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0255 PM     HEAVY RAIN       TANNERSVILLE            42.19N  74.13W
01/12/2018  M2.17 INCH       GREENE             NY   MESONET

&&

EVENT NUMBER ALY1800327

SND

Local storm report, Jan 12, 4:46 PM EST, 2 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
446 PM EST FRI JAN 12 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0430 PM     FLASH FLOOD      5 WNW TOWNSHEND         43.08N  72.75W
01/12/2018                   WINDHAM            VT   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WEST RIVER OUT OF ITS BANKS FLOODING RIVER ROAD AND A
            TRAILER PARK IN THE TOWN OF JAMAICA

&&

EVENT NUMBER ALY1800328

DBT

Local storm report, Jan 12, 5:26 PM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 12, 6:53 PM EST, 7 minutes before

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

17 cold/wind chill, 2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Northern Herkimer

When: January 12, 7:00 PM EST to January 13, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Northern Herkimer forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.420, -74.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Southern Herkimer

When: January 12, 7:00 PM EST to January 13, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Southern Herkimer forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.420, -74.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Western Albany

When: January 13, 7:00 PM EST to January 14, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Western Albany forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 42.600, -73.974 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Eastern Columbia

When: January 13, 7:00 PM EST to January 14, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Eastern Columbia forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 42.250, -73.632 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Fulton

When: January 13, 7:00 PM EST to January 14, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Northern Fulton forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.114, -74.422 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Fulton

When: January 13, 7:00 PM EST to January 14, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Southern Fulton forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.114, -74.422 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Western Greene

When: January 13, 7:00 PM EST to January 14, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Western Greene forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 42.277, -74.123 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Hamilton

When: January 13, 7:00 PM EST to January 14, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Hamilton forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.661, -74.497 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Herkimer

When: January 13, 7:00 PM EST to January 14, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Northern Herkimer forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.420, -74.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Herkimer

When: January 13, 7:00 PM EST to January 14, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Southern Herkimer forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.420, -74.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Montgomery

When: January 13, 7:00 PM EST to January 14, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Montgomery forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 42.902, -74.440 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Eastern Rensselaer

When: January 13, 7:00 PM EST to January 14, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Eastern Rensselaer forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 42.711, -73.510 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Western Schenectady

When: January 13, 7:00 PM EST to January 14, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Western Schenectady forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 42.818, -74.059 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Schoharie

When: January 13, 7:00 PM EST to January 14, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Schoharie forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 42.588, -74.442 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Western Ulster

When: January 13, 7:00 PM EST to January 14, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Western Ulster forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 41.888, -74.259 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Warren

When: January 13, 7:00 PM EST to January 14, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Northern Warren forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.561, -73.846 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Southeast Warren

When: January 13, 7:00 PM EST to January 14, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Southeast Warren forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.561, -73.846 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Washington

When: January 13, 7:00 PM EST to January 14, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Northern Washington forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.314, -73.431 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Washington

When: January 13, 7:00 PM EST to January 14, 9:00 AM EST
Where: Southern Washington forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.314, -73.431 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Storm: A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
Cold/Wind Chill: Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in New York in 2018 Every state in 2018 This day in weather history Warnings in New York, January 2018

Sources

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: 734111, 734112, 728958, 728959, 728960, 728961, 728962, 728963, 728964, 728965, 728966, 728967, 728968, 728969, 728970, 728971, 728972, 728973, 728974.