NY lake-effect snow event December 2010

SNOWFALL TOTALS

000 NOUS41 KBGM 092311 PNSBGM NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-101104- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT SPOTTER REPORTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 604 PM EST THU DEC 9 2010 THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN FOR THE STORM THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTING OUR REGION. THESE ARE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 12/4 THRU 10 AM 12/9. APPRECIATION IS EXTENDED TO HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND MEDIA FOR THESE REPORTS. THIS SUMMARY IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR HOME PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/BINGHAMTON ********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL 12/4-12/9/2010**************** LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS SNOWFALL OF (INCHES) MEASUREMENT NEW YORK ...BROOME COUNTY... BINGHAMTON REG 21.7 700 AM 12/9 BINGHAMTON AIRPORT WHITNEY POINT 16.8 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 1.7 SSE WINDSOR 13.4 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 8 SE CHENANGO FORKS 11.1 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 3 SE BINGHAMTON 8.4 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 1.8 SW VESTAL 7.9 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 2.8 SSE ...CAYUGA COUNTY... AUBURN 20.3 1023 AM 12/9 COOP CAYUGA 16.0 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 3.2 ESE AUBURN 15.6 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 8.3 SSE LOCKE 13.3 1029 AM 12/9 COOP ...CHEMUNG COUNTY... VAN ETTEN 1.6 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 0.3 ENE ...CHENANGO COUNTY... SHERBURNE 28.3 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 3.6 NNE SHERBURNE 16.2 1030 AM 12/9 COOP NORWICH 8.1 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 5.4 W ...CORTLAND COUNTY... FREETOWN 15.0 1001 AM 12/9 COCORAHS MCGRAW 15.0 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 5.2 SE WILLET 14.8 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 1.8 E MARATHON 13.1 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 1 NW MARATHON 8.6 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 0.7 WSW ...DELAWARE COUNTY... HAMDEN 12.3 1005 AM 12/9 COCORAHS ...MADISON COUNTY... FENNER 50.6 827 AM 12/9 SPOTTER CAZENOVIA 48.7 838 AM 12/9 SPOTTER MORRISVILLE 35.2 1040 AM 12/9 COOP MRRN6 MUNNSVILLE 32.0 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 2 SW LAKEPORT 26.5 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS CAZENOVIA 25.8 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 2.9 SE EARLVILLE 19.7 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 0.4 W CANASTOTA 16.8 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 0.9 S ONEIDA 15.4 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 0.7 NNE ...ONEIDA COUNTY... DURHAMVILLE 17.9 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 3.5 NNW VERNON 17.8 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 0.4 NNW POINT ROCK 15.5 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 0.6 SE NEW HARTFORD 10.6 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 0.8 S STOKES CORNER 10.2 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 1.4 NE LAKE DELTA 10.1 1031 AM 12/9 COOP WHITESBORO 8.9 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 3.9 NE ROME 7.8 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 4.8 SSE WESTERNVILLE 7.7 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 2 NW WESTMORELAND 7.6 1030 AM 12/9 SPOTTER HOLLAND PATENT 7.4 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 1.5 WSW BOONVILLE 3.5 1032 AM 12/9 COOP BOONVILLE 3.3 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 8 E MARCY 2.0 804 AM 12/9 COCORAHS ...ONONDAGA COUNTY... DE WITT 58.2 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 1.4 WSW SYRACUSE 58.2 1009 AM 12/9 COCORAHS LIVERPOOL 54.7 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 3.1 N CLAY 52.1 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 4.6 NW VILLAGE GREEN 49.6 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 2.6 ESE SYRACUSE 46.1 500 PM 12/9 SYRACUSE AIRPORT CAMILLUS 45.2 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 1 W CLAY 44.2 1010 AM 12/9 COCORAHS FAYETTEVILLE 40.4 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 1.6 W MARCELLUS 36.1 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 1.6 E BREWERTON 34.4 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 1.5 ESE SYRACUSE 33.8 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 1.4 SE BREWERTON 23.5 1032 AM 12/9 COOP BWTN6 JAMESVILLE 22.3 1012 AM 12/9 COCORAHS POMPEY 22.3 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 2 NNW TULLY 17.0 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 1.7 WSW ...OTSEGO COUNTY... HARTWICK 18.8 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS WORCESTER 18.5 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 4 SSW COOPERSTOWN 17.6 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 0.3 S UNADILLA FORKS 16.8 1014 AM 12/9 COCORAHS RICHFIELD SPRINGS 13.5 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 0.5 ESE MARYLAND 10.9 1033 AM 12/9 COOP NEW BERLIN 6.0 900 AM 12/9 COCORAHS ...SCHUYLER COUNTY... SMITH VALLEY 3.6 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 1.9 SE WATKINS GLEN 2.0 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 4.6 NW ...STEUBEN COUNTY... AVOCA 7.5 700 AM 12/9 CCORAHS 3.5 N ...SULLIVAN COUNTY... LONG EDDY 4.5 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS ...TIOGA COUNTY... BERKSHIRE 18.5 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 2 N APALACHIN 4.8 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 3.0 ESE OWEGO 2.4 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 1.3 NW ...TOMPKINS COUNTY... FREEVILLE 17.7 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 2.6 N GROTON 11.3 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 3.2 SSW FREEVILLE 10.6 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 1.5 NE SLATERVILLE SPRINGS 10.1 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 1 S CAROLINE CENTER 8.2 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 0.1 SE GROTON 7.5 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 0.5 NW ENFIELD 6.5 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 0.8 ENE NEWFIELD 3.7 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 2.5 S FREEVILLE 3.3 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS GROTON 0.9 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS FREEVILLE 0.8 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS GROTON 0.6 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS BROOKTONDALE 0.1 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS PENNSYLVANIA ...BRADFORD COUNTY... SYLVANIA 3.7 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 3.3 SSW SYLVANIA 1.0 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS ...SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY... THOMPSON 12.8 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 3.9 WNW FRIENDSVILLE 10.4 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 6.8 NE STANFORDVILLE 7.8 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 0.4 SE ...WAYNE COUNTY... PLEASANT MOUNT 9.0 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 1 E DYBERRY 4.0 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS MILANVILLE 3.1 700 AM 12/9 COCORAHS 1.5 SE $$ PN

RECORD REPORTS

000 NOUS41 KBGM 090938 PNSBGM NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-100945- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON, NY 438 AM EST THU DEC 9 2010 ...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT... ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW PRODUCES THE 4TH HIGHEST 4-DAY SNOWFALL TOTAL AT SYRACUSE NY... VERY LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW BEGAN LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AS A COLD NORTHWESTERLY FLOW OF AIR PRODUCED LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ONTARIO. STARTING SUNDAY AND LASTING THROUGH MID-WEEK...A PERSISTENT WEST- NORTHWEST FLOW OF AIR PRODUCED HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOWS ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL NEW YORK WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING IN THE SYRACUSE AREA. BELOW ARE SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS TAKEN AT THE AIRPORT IN NORTH SYRACUSE AND WHERE THEY RANK. THESE MEASUREMENTS ARE THROUGH MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 5-DAY TOTAL (SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...44.3"(6TH PLACE ALL-TIME) 4-DAY TOTAL (SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...43.2" (4TH PLACE ALL-TIME) 3-DAY TOTAL (MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...36.4" (5TH PLACE ALL-TIME) 4-DAY TOTAL SNOWFALL RANKINGS 1) 44.6"....(2/1/1966) 2) 44.5"....(3/14/1993) 3) 44.3"....(1/31/1966) 4) 43.2"....(12/8/2010) ONE MORE STAT FOR SYRACUSE. THE LONGEST STRETCH OF RECORDED SNOW FOR THE EVENT WAS FROM SATURDAY DECEMBER 4TH AT 616 AM TO WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 8TH AT 810 AM...OR A TOTAL OF 97 HOURS AND 54 MINUTES. $$ HEDEN