Western Passaic storm history

High winds knocked down a tree around 10 am in West Milford. The tree fell on to a Lincoln Towncar, killing a 62 year old male. Strong winds knocked down some trees and tree limbs, which caused scattered power outages across the region.

A trained spotter reported 4.2 inches at 3 NE West Milford. A cocorahs observer reported 3.5 inches at 1.1 S Pompton Lakes.

A Cocorahs observer reported 4.8 inches in West Milford.

An accumulating snow occurred during the mid to late evening before mixing with light freezing rain / drizzle during the first half of the overnight. Cocorahs reported 3.5 in Wayne.

Cocorahs reported 6.2 inches in West Milford. A trained spotter reported 5.6 inches at Pompton Lakes, with the pubic reporting 6.3 inches in Ringwood. Amounts were close enough to warning level criteria to verify the warning for this zone.

Cocorahs observers reported 4.3 inches in West Milford and 3.5 inches in Wayne.

The public reported 7.5 inches at 5 N West Milford and a cocorahs observer reported 3.4 inches in West Milford.

Heavy wet snow accumulated across Western Passaic County. A trained spotter at 1 NE West Milford reported 9.5 inches.

Accumulating snow took place across the zone, with amounts that were reported between 3 and 5 inches. Cocorahs reports were 4.5 inches in Wayne, 4.3 inches in West Milfored, 4.1 inches in Little Falls, and a trained spotter came in also with 3.8 inches in Wayne. These amounts fel…

Heavy snow fell across the western portion of the county and carried into the morning commute. The public reported 6.0 inches in Bloomingdale at a time in which compaction likely had not yet set in. Cocorahs reported 5.5 inches almost 2 hours later in Wayne.

Trained spotters reported 3.7 inches of snow at 5 N West Milford and 3.1 inches at 1 NE West Milford with both reports coming in towards end of accumulating snow.

A trained spotter reported 4.0 inches in West Milford. The public reported 5.1 inches at 4 NNE West Milford.

From surrounding reports from trained spotters and official NWS Observations along with radar indicated 2 to 5 inches of snow fell across Western Passaic before a changeover to freezing rain, then rain occurred.

Trained spotters in reported 3.9 inches of snow in Bloomingdale and 3.5 inches of snow in West Milford.

A trained spotter in Bloomingdale reported 4.8 inches of snow and a trace of freezing rain.

Trained spotters reported 2 to 4 inches of snow.

A trained spotter in Bloomingdale reported 26.2 inches of snow. The public reported 24.7 inches of snow 3 miles northeast of West Milford. A trained spotter 3 miles west-southwest of West Milford reported 24.7 inches of snow.

CoCORaHS measured 6 to 8 inches of snow. The nearby Teterboro Airport measured a 38 mph at 6:51 am on December 17, 2020.

A peak wind gust of 41 mph was recorded at a RAWS station in Ringwood at 410 pm LST, and 40 mph at an AWOS station in West Milford at 1259 pm LST. In addition, 2 to 4 inches of rainfall were recorded across the area during the morning and afternoon. These type of winds and heavy …

Trained spotters, CoCoRaHS observers, and the public reported 7 to 9 inches of snow.

In the town of West Bloomingdale, a mesonet station at Charlotteburg Reservoir measured a 54 mph wind gust at 135 am.

Trained spotters and CoCoRaHS reported 6 to 8 inches of snow.

Trained spotters reported 3 to 4 inches of snow.

A mesonet station near Green Pond reported a sustained wind of 48 mph at 120 pm.

The public reported 6 to 7 inches of snow.

Trained spotters reported 4 to 6 inches of snowfall.

Trained spotters and the public reported 6 to 8 inches of snow. The snow occurred in greater than 12 hours time which does not meet NWS criteria for warning level snow.

Trained spotters reported 19 to 22 inches of snowfall. Significant tree damage was reported across western Passaic county due to heavy wet snow and strong winds.

Trained spotters reported 8.3 inches of snow in West Milford and 7.2 inches in Ringwood. Winds also gusted 40 to 50 mph across western Passaic county. At 2 pm, the fire department reported a tree down in the town of Wayne. The tree was knocked down at the intersection of Fairview…

Trained spotters, CoCoRaHS observers, and social media reported 6 to 8 inches of snowfall.

A cooperative observer reported 1.5 inches of snowfall in Wanaque. Snowfall amounts increased to around 4 inches towards the southeastern portion of Western Passaic County.

Trained Spotters reported 4 to 5 inches of snow.

At 427 pm, a trained spotter reported large tree limbs and branches were knocked down near Erskine.

Trained spotters reported 10 to 16 inches of snow and sleet.

Nearby Sussex Airport ASOS showed blizzard conditions, with visibility less than one quarter mile in heavy snow and frequent wind gusts over 35 mph during the afternoon on March 14th.

A trained spotter in West Milford at 1,300 feet reported 11.3 inches of snow. Other trained spotters reported 6 to 8 inches of snow.

The public reported a widespread 3 to 5 inch snowfall, with locally up to 6 inches in West Milford.

Trained spotters reported snowfall of 20 to 23 inches.

The remote automated weather station in Ringwood NJ reported a wind gust of 56 mph at 710 am.

Snowfall ranged from 8 to 12 inches along with up to two tenths of an inch of ice. The highest amount of 12 inches was reported in West Milford.

The public and trained spotters reported 7 to 9 inches of snowfall.

Freezing rain led to widespread motor vehicle accidents, and numerous falls and injuries. NJ Transit suspended bus service, and police issued closures on many roadways.

Snowfall ranged from 6 to 10 inches per trained spotter and public reports.

Trained spotters reported widespread snowfall of 13 to 16 inches. Freezing rain accretion of 1 to 3 tenths of an inch also occurred per observations from surrounding areas.

Trained spotters reported widespread 6 to 7 inches snowfall.

Trained spotters reported widespread 6 to 7 inch snowfall.

Trained spotters reported snowfall of 6 to 8 inches.

Spotters reported widespread snowfall amounts ranging from 5.5 to 6.3 inches, followed by ice accretion up to 1/4 inch.

Spotters in West Milford and Hewitt reported 5.9 and 5.5 inches of snow respectively.