Blizzard in Southwest Suffolk, New York

Frequent wind gusts of over 50 mph with Islip ASOS reporting a 54 mph gust at 6:19 am, Farmingdale ASOS reporting a 53 mph gust at 4:02 am, and frequent visibilities of a quarter mile or less were reported. Snowfall amounts reported across the zone ranged from mainly 20 to 30 inches via the public, trained spotters, Cocorahs, Amateur radio, NWS employees and other sources. Two indirect fatalities and a direct fatality occurred across Suffolk County and were entered in the NW Suffolk zone event narrative.

Low pressure in the gulf states moved northeast and intensified along and off the Mid Atlantic coast with the consolidated of mid level energy resulting in a major Nor'easter which brought blizzard and near blizzard conditions to Southeastern New York. The storm became vertically stacked and it slowly pulled away to the east and brought a heavy to major snowfall across Southeastern New York with blizzard conditions across Southern Westchester, New York City, and Long Island. Winter storm and near blizzard conditions were reported across the remainder of Southeastern New York. A major snowfall occurred region wide, with portions of the region receiving historic snowfall totals.

A college student died from carbon monoxide poisoning while charging his cell phone during the blizzard. Also, there were 5 snow shoveling-related deaths on Long Island after the blizzard.