Heavy Snow in Orange, New York

Snowfall of around 15 inches of snow fell in primarily SE portions of Orange County with near blizzard conditions at times. Primarily 6 to 10 inches fell across northwestern portion of the county. Trained spotters reported 15.3 inches at 1 WNW Monroe, 13.5 inches in Monroe, and 10.8 inches at 3 WNW Warwick, and a cocorahs observer reported 15.3 inches at 4 SSE Chester. Meanwhile a public report in Goshen reported 6.0 inches and 9.0 inches at 2 SSW Stewart Airport.

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.