Heavy Snow in Rockland, New York

Most reports across the county came in at 12 to 15 inches with near blizzard conditions reported across much of Rockland County, with the higher amounts generally across southeastern portions of the county. Amateur radio observations of 15.9 inches at New City, and 12.0 inches in Thiells was reported. Cocorahs observers reported 15.9 inches at 1.7 SSW Spring Valley; and 10.3 inches in Stony Point before accumulations ended.

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.