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March 14, 1999
Winter Storm

Low pressure moving from the Tennessee Valley into the mid Atlantic states brought copious amounts of moisture from both the Gulf of America and the Atlantic into the Ohio Valley. Snow began falling around dawn on Sunday (3-14-99) and continued for much of the day leaving in general 4 to 8 inches across southeast Indiana, southern Ohio and northern Kentucky (including the Cincinnati proper and the southern metro) with a local maximum of 17 inches in West Union in Adams county. There was a very sharp cut off of snowfall as high pressure over the Great Lakes kept a dry northeasterly flow across Ohio. In fact communities just north of the heavy snow such as Hamilton, Wilmington, Washington Court House, Circleville and Lancaster only saw a few flurries or a light dusting.

The Watch was posted for the heavy snow area Friday afternoon, 36 hours before snow began and the Warning was posted Saturday afternoon, 12 hours before snow began.

Snowfall map from 3/14/99 snowstorm shows maximum of 17 inches in Adams County. The band of snow was about 60 miles wide, with little or no snow to the north and south of the band.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
555 PM EST SUN MAR 14 1999

BELOW ARE SOME TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH 530 PM.

.INDIANA...
RIPLEY COUNTY(NORTH)   1 INCH
RIPLEY COUNTY(SOUTH)   6 INCHES
DEARBORN COUNTY      2-4 INCHES
OHIO COUNTY            5 INCHES
SWITZERLAND COUNTY     5 INCHES

.KENTUCKY...
CARROLL COUNTY         8 INCHES
GALLATIN COUNTY        5 INCHES
OWEN COUNTY            6 INCHES
BOONE COUNTY (NORTH)   4 INCHES
BOONE COUNTY (SOUTH)   9 INCHES
KENTON COUNTY (NORTH)  7 INCHES
KENTON COUNTY (SOUTH)  6 INCHES
CAMPBELL COUNTY        7 INCHES
PENDLETON COUNTY     6-8 INCHES
GRANT COUNTY           8 INCHES
BRACKEN COUNTY         7 INCHES
ROBERTSON COUNTY       6 INCHES
MASON COUNTY           6 INCHES
LEWIS COUNTY         2-3 INCHES

.OHIO....
HAMILTON COUNTY        4 INCHES
CLERMONT COUNTY        8 INCHES
BROWN COUNTY         6-8 INCHES
HIGHLAND COUNTY        6 INCHES
ROSS COUNTY          6-8 INCHES
HOCKING COUNTY         2 INCHES
PIKE COUNTY         8-13 INCHES
ADAMS COUNTY       12-17 INCHES
SCIOTO COUNTY      11-14 INCHES

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RANDALL