A cold front moved through the region during the early morning hours 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 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, 2:27 PM EST, 33 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.
The 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, March 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: 814652, 814655, 814657.