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An early season winter storm moved across the area November 15 to 16, 2018. The storm produced widespread heavy snowfall which mixed at times with sleet and freezing rain.

Below are official and unofficial observations taken during across parts of central New York and northeast Pennsylvania. The National Weather Service extends its appreciation to highway departments, cooperative observers, SKYWARN spotters, the public and media for these reports.

More information/data may be added as time allows.

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Snowfall amounts across the area.

 


Public Information Statement
Spotter Reports
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
324 PM EST Fri Nov 16 2018

The following are official and unofficial observations taken during
The past 12 HOURS. Appreciation is extended to highway departments,
cooperative observers, SKYWARN spotters and media for these reports.
This summary is also available on our home page at
http://weather.gov/bgm

********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************

LOCATION          STORM TOTAL     TIME/DATE   COMMENTS
                     SNOWFALL           OF
                     /INCHES/   MEASUREMENT

NEW YORK

...Broome County...
   Nws Binghamton        10.1  1028 AM 11/16  Official NWS Obs
   Endicott               8.2   845 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   1 NW Johnson City      8.1   951 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   Binghamton             7.5   910 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   1 SE Kattellville      6.8   745 AM 11/16  NWS Employee

...Cayuga County...
   Conquest              11.1  1122 AM 11/16  Storm total, 9:30am
   2 N Port Byron        11.0   811 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter

...Chemung County...
   Southport             12.7  1214 PM 11/16  Social Media
   West Elmira           12.0   825 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio
   Pine City             12.0   825 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio
   Elmira                12.0   826 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   Horseheads            11.5   821 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio
   Erin                  10.5   821 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio

...Chenango County...
   McDonough             11.3   833 AM 11/16  Social Media
   2 SW Plymouth          9.0   849 AM 11/16  Social Media
   Preston                7.5   756 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio
   Mc Donough             7.2   523 AM 11/16  Social Media
   Plymouth               7.0   800 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio
   Sherburne              7.0   759 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio

...Cortland County...
   Homer                 12.0  1208 PM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   Willet                11.8   907 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   Cortland              10.5  1208 PM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   2 NE Cortland          9.0   830 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   Marathon               8.5   842 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter

...Delaware County...
   Masonville            10.0   955 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   Fishs Eddy            10.0  1104 AM 11/16  As of 11am
   Walton                 5.0   750 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio
   Davenport              4.3   751 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio

...Madison County...
   2 S Cazenovia         10.0  1158 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   Sullivan               8.7  1111 AM 11/16  Picture on Twitter
   Leonardsville          8.0   715 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   Oneida                 7.0  1103 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   Hamilton               6.0   757 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio
   Chittenango            5.2   721 AM 11/16  5:30pm yesterday to now

...Oneida County...
   Holland Patent         5.8   101 PM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   Paris                  5.5   818 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   Clinton                5.5   200 PM 11/16  All overnight
   Deerfield              4.8  1219 PM 11/16  Social Media
   Marcy                  4.0   808 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter

...Onondaga County...
   Elbridge              13.0   717 AM 11/16  snow and sleet
   1 W Cicero            12.3   815 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   Baldwinsville         12.0   912 AM 11/16  As of 7am
   Camillus              10.2   813 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   Skaneateles           10.2   525 AM 11/16  Social Media
   Syracuse              10.1  1038 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   Onondaga              10.0   841 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   Jamesville             8.5   849 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   2 E Kirkville          8.0   730 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter

...Otsego County...
   Edmeston               7.0   752 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio
   Unadilla               6.0   748 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio
   Oneonta                6.0   749 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio
   Wells Bridge           5.4   750 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio
   Gilbertsville          5.0   500 AM 11/16  Social Media
   2 W Milford            4.0   500 AM 11/16  Social Media
   Hartwick               3.0   500 AM 11/16  Social Media

...Schuyler County...
   Montour Falls         11.2   738 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   2 N Monterey          10.0   748 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   Catharine              9.5   840 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter

...Seneca County...
   Ovid                   9.0   430 AM 11/16  Social Media

...Steuben County...
   Wallace               15.5   844 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio
   South Corning         12.5   505 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   Hornell               12.5   843 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio
   Avoca                 12.1   734 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   Canisteo              12.0   845 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio
   Sonora                11.0   844 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio
   Corning               10.5   826 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio
   Bath                  10.5   845 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio
   Kanona                 9.8   819 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter

...Sullivan County...
   Callicoon Center       6.0  1001 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter

...Tioga County...
   North Waverly         10.8  1001 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   Berkshire             10.0   916 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   Tioga Terrace         10.0   605 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   Candor                 8.8   852 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   3 ENE Owego            8.8  1006 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter

...Tompkins County...
   2 E Ithaca            10.1   708 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   Etna                   9.0   841 AM 11/16  Emergency Manager
   Ithaca                 9.0   824 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   2 NE Ithaca            8.1   855 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   East Lansing           8.0   728 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter

...Yates County...
   Penn Yan              11.5   906 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter

PENNSYLVANIA

...Bradford County...
   Wilmot                12.0  1021 AM 11/16  Emergency Manager
   Canton                12.0  1022 AM 11/16  Emergency Manager
   Warren Center         12.0  1021 AM 11/16  Emergency Manager
   Athens                11.0  1010 AM 11/16  1450 feet elevation.
   2 S Wellsburg         11.0   847 AM 11/16  Via picture on facebook
   Gillett               10.5  1020 AM 11/16  Emergency Manager
   North Towanda         10.0  1019 AM 11/16  Emergency Manager
   4 S Wyalusing          9.5  1003 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio
   4 W New Albany         8.5   955 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter

...Lackawanna County...
   Walls Corners         12.0   849 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio
   Richmondale           11.5   759 AM 11/16  Storm total
   Dunmore               11.0   918 AM 11/16  Via picture on Facebook
   Old Forge             11.0   825 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   Spring Brook          10.8  1107 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter

...Luzerne County...
   Sweet Valley          16.0   956 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio
   Glen Lyon             13.5  1001 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio
   Drums                 12.0   956 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio
   Mountain Top          12.0   846 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   Shickshinny           11.5   859 AM 11/16  Sleet mixed in
   Laurel Run            10.1  1256 PM 11/16  elevation 1200ft
   Shavertown            10.0   958 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio
   Exeter                10.0   741 AM 11/16  Social Media
   Hazleton               9.5   957 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio
   Duryea                 8.9   959 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio
   Dallas                 8.5   957 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio
   Harding                8.0   959 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio

...Pike County...
   Milford               10.0   505 AM 11/16  Social Media

...Susquehanna County...
   Brackney              12.5   959 AM 11/16  Social Media
   Forest City           12.0  1003 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio
   Little Meadows        12.0   515 AM 11/16  Social Media
   Susquehanna           10.0   829 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   2 NE Jackson           8.8   707 AM 11/16  1.22in liquid eq
   Great Bend             8.5  1003 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio

...Wayne County...
   Hawley                13.4   726 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   Honesdale             12.4   813 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   Beach Lake            11.0   525 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter
   10 S Deposit           9.5   951 AM 11/16  Trained Spotter

...Wyoming County...
   Nicholson             11.0  1002 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio
   Tunkhannock           10.0  1002 AM 11/16  Amateur Radio


**********************24 HOUR SNOWFALL**********************

LOCATION              24 HOUR     TIME/DATE   COMMENTS
                     SNOWFALL           OF
                     /INCHES/   MEASUREMENT

NEW YORK

...Broome County...
   Vestal Center         11.5   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   2 SE Endwell          11.1  1200 PM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   1 SSE Whitney Point    9.6   800 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   1 ENE Binghamton       8.7   800 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   1 ESE Union Center     8.5   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS

...Cayuga County...
   Cayuga Lock No 1      13.0   815 AM 11/16  Co-Op Observer
   1 W Levanna           11.5   715 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   2 WNW Fosterville     11.5   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   Aurora Research Farm  11.0   700 AM 11/16  Co-Op Observer
   Auburn                10.8   700 AM 11/16  Co-Op Observer
   Sempronius             8.5   600 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   1 E Wyckoff            7.4   600 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS

...Chemung County...
   1 ESE Elmira          12.5   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   Van Etten             11.0   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   Elmira                11.0   700 AM 11/16  Co-Op Observer
   3 E Elmira             9.2   900 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS

...Chenango County...
   1 NNW Oxford           9.0   800 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   1 W Preston            7.5   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   Sherburne              7.0   650 AM 11/16  Co-Op Observer
   Norwich                5.0   500 AM 11/16  Co-Op Observer

...Cortland County...
   1 WSW German          11.8   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   Marathon               9.5   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   1 NE Freetown Corner   9.0   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS

...Delaware County...
   3 ENE Peabrook        11.0   800 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   Walton 2               8.5   500 AM 11/16  Co-Op Observer
   7 W Walton             8.0   715 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   4 WSW Meredith         6.5   545 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   East Sidney            6.0   700 AM 11/16  HADS
   2 SE Delhi             6.0   800 AM 11/16  Co-Op Observer
   4 SE Stamford          5.5   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   3 SE Roxbury           4.8   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS

...Madison County...
   Earlville              7.8   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   2 SW Munnsville        7.0   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   2 SE Cazenovia         7.0   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   Oneida                 6.8   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   1 ESE Sullivan         3.6   815 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS

...Oneida County...
   Point Rock             9.5   730 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   4 SSW Boonville        8.2   700 AM 11/16  Co-Op Observer
   1 NW Sylvan Beach      7.7   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   1 WNW Holland Patent   7.5   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   Verona Mills           6.0   830 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   3 ESE Verona Beach     5.9   600 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   3 NW Westmoreland      5.8   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   4 N Westmoreland       5.8   700 AM 11/16  Co-Op Observer
   1 E Paris              5.1   627 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   1 W New York Mills     3.0   425 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS

...Onondaga County...
   2 WNW Euclid          14.5   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   2 SSE Phoenix         13.3   710 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   1 W Camillus          12.0   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   1 ESE Brewerton       12.0   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   Brewerton Lock 23     11.0   700 AM 11/16  Co-Op Observer
   Baldwinsville          9.0   700 AM 11/16  Co-Op Observer
   1 W De Witt            8.5   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   2 ESE Seneca Knolls    7.8   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   1 NNW Nedrow           6.7   730 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS

...Otsego County...
   Hartwick              10.1  1150 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   1 ENE New Berlin       7.5   800 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   Emmons                 5.7   700 AM 11/16  Co-Op Observer
   1 S Unadilla Forks     4.6   600 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS

...Schuyler County...
   4 SW Mecklenburg      12.0   700 AM 11/16  Co-Op Observer
   1 SSW Reading Center  11.2   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   1 NNE Hector          11.0   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   2 SE Smith Valley     10.4   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS

...Steuben County...
   4 E Bath              10.5   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   Caton                 10.5   900 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   East Corning          10.5  1100 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   Addison               10.1   700 AM 11/16  Co-Op Observer
   3 NW Lindley          10.1   800 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   Corning                9.0   800 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS

...Sullivan County...
   Wurtsboro             12.5   800 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   Callicoon Center      10.0   800 AM 11/16  Co-Op Observer
   3 SW Rock Hill        10.0   700 AM 11/16  Co-Op Observer

...Tioga County...
   2 WNW Berkshire       12.0   800 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   1 N Candor            10.5   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   2 N Berkshire         10.0   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   Tioga Terrace          9.7   800 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   Candor                 9.2   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   3 ENE Owego            8.8   714 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS

...Tompkins County...
   Trumansburg           10.8   630 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   1 W Peruville         10.5   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   2 NNW West Slatervil  10.1   720 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   1 S West Dryden       10.1   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   Groton                 9.9   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   1 SE Ithaca            9.0   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   3 ENE Ithaca           8.6   700 AM 11/16  Co-Op Observer
   2 SSW Caroline         8.5   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   1 ENE Freeville        7.9   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS

...Yates County...
   2 NNE Italy           11.5   900 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS

PENNSYLVANIA

...Bradford County...
   Sayre                 10.5   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   Waverly               10.0   700 AM 11/16  Co-Op Observer
   1 S Towanda            9.5   700 AM 11/16  Co-Op Observer

...Lackawanna County...
   1 NE Lehigh           13.5   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   Winton                 9.6   730 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS

...Luzerne County...
   1 SW Mountain Top     13.6   730 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   Forty Fort            11.5   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   Duryea                 9.5   600 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS

...Pike County...
   1 NNE Twin Lakes      11.4   700 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   5 S Twin Lakes         9.6   915 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS

...Susquehanna County...
   1 SE New Milford      10.8   755 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   4 W Hallstead          9.5   430 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS

...Wayne County...
   Bethany               12.2   645 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS
   1 W Pleasant Mount    12.0  1124 AM 11/16  Co-Op Observer
   NE Damascus           10.5   750 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS

...Wyoming County...
   Wyoming County Eoc    10.8   900 AM 11/16  Co-Op Observer
   Russell Hill           7.0   900 AM 11/16  CoCoRaHS

 

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