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Blizzard of March 13–15, 2017

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Blizzard of March 13–15, 2017

Blizzard of March 13–15, 2017

Chapter 3 · The snow totals

42 inches at West Winfield, New York.

The low is at its deepest, 976 mb, at 00:00 UTC Mar 15; the largest snow report comes at 11:00 UTC.

00:00UTC · Wed, Mar 15, 2017 · 8:00 PM EDT Tue

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Blizzard of March 13–15, 2017: the story

Mar 13, 18:00 UTC – Mar 16, 00:00 UTC. Radar showing snow and rain, winter warnings, storm reports and the surface low's track from the Weather Prediction Center, in order. NCEI's Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale rates it Category 3, Major (NESIS 5.03), and ranks it 25th on its list.

  • 97 NWS warnings
  • 5,075 storm reports
  • 15 WPC surface-low analyses
  • 6 FAA airport programs
  • 12 rule-based links
  • 325 radar frames, 10 min apart

First warnings

Mar 13–14

  1. NWS Binghamton, NY issues the first Blizzard Warning.Replay from here

The bomb

Mar 14

  1. The strongest wind reported: 85 mph at Pittsfield Municipal Ai, MA.Replay from here
  2. Bombogenesis: the low's pressure has fallen 33 mb in 24 hours, to 977 mb.Replay from here

The snow totals

Mar 15

  1. The low is at its deepest: 976 mb.Replay from here
  2. The largest snow report: 42 in at West Winfield, NY.Replay from here

How we link records

RuleWhat it checksLinks
R4 solidA storm report inside a warning polygon while it was in effect12

Solid lines mark rules that passed an independent check; dashed lines are context. Links are rule-based facts: each shows two records that overlap in place and time. How we know

Where this storm's data comes from

Every layer, the provider behind it and the period it covers.

LayerProviderPeriodRecords
MRMS SeamlessHSRNOAA/NSSL via Iowa Environmental MesonetMar 13, 18:00 UTC – Mar 16, 00:00 UTC325
NWS storm-based warning polygonsNOAA National Weather Service via Iowa Environmental MesonetMar 13, 18:00 UTC – Mar 16, 00:00 UTC97
NWS Local Storm ReportsNOAA National Weather Service via Iowa Environmental MesonetMar 13, 18:00 UTC – Mar 16, 00:00 UTC5,075
WPC coded surface bulletinsNOAA Weather Prediction Center via Iowa Environmental MesonetMar 13, 18:00 UTC – Mar 16, 00:00 UTC15
NOHRSC snowfallNOAA National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing CenterMar 13, 18:00 UTC – Mar 16, 00:00 UTC
FAA airport programs (ground stops and ground delay programs)FAA Air Traffic Control System Command CenterMar 13, 18:00 UTC – Mar 16, 00:00 UTC6
  • Radar: NOAA/NSSL MRMS SeamlessHSR, via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet (IEM), Iowa State University
  • Warnings: NOAA/NWS, storm-based polygons via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet
  • Storm reports: NOAA/NWS Local Storm Reports via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet
  • Storm track: NOAA/NWS Weather Prediction Center coded surface bulletins, via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet
  • Airport programs: FAA Air Traffic Control System Command Center
  • Filings: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR
  • Snowfall: NOAA/NWS National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC)