Winter Weather — Southern Queens, New York

2024-02-17 · Southern Queens, New York

Event narrative

A band of heavy snow got into the far southern portion of Queens County. However, most of the zone fell short of warning criteria from a coverage perspective. This is based on reports and radar reflectivity returns. The highest amount reported was from the general public in Breezy Point with 8.9 inches and this matched up with radar returns as Breezy Point sticks out as the most southern point. Broadcast media at 4 ENE Breezy Point (Coney Island vicinity) reported 8.0 inches. Also, the NWS Official Observation at JFK reported 6.2 inches. However, this was only a very narrow stripe of warning level snow across far southern portions of the zone. A trained spotter reported 3.3 inches a 2 S Elmhurst, the public reported 3.0 inches at 1WNW Elmhurs, and the Official NWS Observation at LGA reported 3.3 inches of snow. There was also a 3.3 inch amount reported just to the west across Northern Brooklyn.

Wider weather episode

A mid level disturbance associated with a confluent upper level trough lead to strong mid level frontogenesis that developed a band of snow to the north of developing low pressure moving offshore. Southwestern portions of the area were on the northern edge of a narrow band of heavy snow that resulted in some southwestern zones reaching warning criteria. Amounts were considerably less to the north.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1152729. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.