Heavy Snow — Southern Cayuga, New York

2019-12-01 to 2019-12-02 · Southern Cayuga, New York

Event narrative

Snow accumulated 8 to 10 inches.

Wider weather episode

A long duration, two part, and complex mixed precipitation winter storm moved through Central New York the morning of the 1st through the evening of the 2nd. Part one of the storm moved through the area starting Sunday morning 12/01 and brought a 6-12 hour period of sleet, freezing rain and some snow. The exception to this was across northern Onondaga, northern Madison and Oneida County where part one was mainly snow, heavy at times.

Any mixed precipitation changed back over to snow from northwest to southeast through Central New York during the evening of the 1st. Most areas had periods of moderate snow after midnight, into the predawn hours Monday 12/02. There were bands of heavy snow from Binghamton, northwest into the Finger Lakes and Central Southern Tier of NY. Periods of snow, some heavy at times continued for the entire region all day Sunday, 12/02 before tapering off to lighter snow and snow showers in the evening.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 869699. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.