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Blizzard of January 28–30, 2022

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Blizzard of January 28–30, 2022

Blizzard of January 28–30, 2022

Chapter 1 · First warnings

The first Blizzard Warning, from Wakefield, Virginia.

NWS Wakefield issues it at 00:00 UTC Jan 29, the first of the storm.

00:00UTC · Sat, Jan 29, 2022 · 7:00 PM EST Fri

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Blizzard of January 28–30, 2022: the story

Jan 28, 00:00 UTC – Jan 31, 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 1, Notable (NESIS 1.73), and ranks it 74th on its list.

  • 63 NWS warnings
  • 3,437 storm reports
  • 18 WPC surface-low analyses
  • 4 FAA airport programs
  • 119,864 customers out at the peak, in Massachusetts
  • 433 radar frames, 10 min apart

First warnings

Jan 28–29

  1. NWS Wakefield, VA issues the first Blizzard Warning.Replay from here

The bomb

Jan 29

  1. Peak outages: 119,864 customers out of power in Massachusetts. The most in one county: Barnstable County, MA, 85,305 out (72% of its customers) at 20:30 UTC.Replay from here
  2. The strongest wind reported: 81 mph at 5 SE Yarmouth, MA.Replay from here
  3. Bombogenesis: the low's pressure has fallen 38 mb in 24 hours, to 972 mb.Replay from here

At its deepest

Jan 30

  1. The largest snow report: 30.9 in at 1 W Stoughton, MA.Replay from here
  2. The low is at its deepest: 968 mb.Replay from here

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 MesonetJan 28, 00:00 UTC – Jan 31, 00:00 UTC433
NWS storm-based warning polygonsNOAA National Weather Service via Iowa Environmental MesonetJan 28, 00:00 UTC – Jan 31, 00:00 UTC63
NWS Local Storm ReportsNOAA National Weather Service via Iowa Environmental MesonetJan 28, 00:00 UTC – Jan 31, 00:00 UTC3,437
WPC coded surface bulletinsNOAA Weather Prediction Center via Iowa Environmental MesonetJan 28, 00:00 UTC – Jan 31, 00:00 UTC18
NOHRSC snowfallNOAA National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing CenterJan 28, 00:00 UTC – Jan 31, 00:00 UTC
FAA airport programs (ground stops and ground delay programs)FAA Air Traffic Control System Command CenterJan 28, 00:00 UTC – Jan 31, 00:00 UTC4
ORNL EAGLE-IOak Ridge National LaboratoryJan 28, 00:00 UTC – Jan 31, 00:00 UTC643
  • 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)
  • Power outages: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, EAGLE-I (CC BY 4.0)
  • County boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau