A cold front moved through the region during the early morning hours of March 31st, which brought rain. Behind this front, a cold moist northwest flow of air crossed the relatively warm waters of Lake Ontario.
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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 BGM wrote it up.
A cold front moved through the region during the early morning hours of March 31st, which brought rain. Behind this front, a cold moist northwest flow of air crossed the relatively warm waters of Lake Ontario. This led to heavy lake effect snow in portions of Central New York late in the afternoon March 31st to the early to mid morning hours of April 1st.
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 31, 7:42 PM EST, 4 hours 18 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Binghamton NY 305 PM EDT Sun Mar 31 2019 NYZ015-016-022>025-055-056-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-011915- Yates-Seneca-Steuben-Schuyler-Chemung-Tompkins-Tioga-Broome-Sullivan- Bradford-Susquehanna-Northern Wayne-Wyoming-Lackawanna-Luzerne-Pike- Southern Wayne- 305 PM EDT Sun Mar 31 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York and northeast Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and 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. NYZ009-017-018-036-037-044>046-057-011915- Northern Oneida-Southern Cayuga-Onondaga-Madison-Southern Oneida- Cortland-Chenango-Otsego-Delaware- 305 PM EDT Sun Mar 31 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central New York. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. 1 to 3 inches of snow is expected over the higher elevations of central NY from this evening through Monday morning. Some roads could become slippery overnight where snow accumulates. .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.
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
1203 AM EDT MON APR 1 2019
NYZ009-018-036-037-010600-
Onondaga-Southern Oneida-Madison-Northern Oneida-
1203 AM EDT MON APR 1 2019
...AN AREA OF HEAVY SNOW WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN ONEIDA...MADISON
AND NORTHEASTERN ONONDAGA COUNTIES...
At 1156 PM EDT, a broad band of moderate to heavy snow was located
across western to southern Oneida County, into northern Madison
County. General movement was southeast at 15 mph, which will also
continue to bring the band into northeastern Onondaga County and
much of Madison County through 2 AM. This will impact the New York
Thruway between Syracuse and Utica.
Visibility will drop below a half mile at times, with snowfall rates
of up to one inch per hour. Also, now that it is night time the
roadways are colder and will be prone to becoming snow covered and
slippery. Exercise caution if traveling overnight.
Locations impacted include...
Syracuse, Clay, Cicero, De Witt, Sullivan, Oneida, Lenox, Verona and
Eaton.
LAT...LON 4322 7609 4320 7608 4318 7601 4318 7594
4315 7589 4324 7587 4308 7538 4288 7523
4278 7525 4274 7530 4274 7565 4291 7603
4320 7627 4322 7626 4320 7622 4322 7620
4327 7621
TIME...MOT...LOC 0356Z 328DEG 14KT 4335 7635 4294 7543
MDPThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 lake-effect snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Lake effect snow accumulated up to 12 inches.
Lake effect snow accumulated up to 8 inches.
Lake effect snow accumulated up to 8 inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, April 2019
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: 820220, 820221, 820222.