A multi-day lake-effect snow event stretched from Thursday into early Monday.Up to 40 inches of snow were reported.Up to a foot of snow fell in the Cleveland area.
Heavy lake-effect snow impacted portions of the Great Lakes snowbelts from Thursday into early Monday, particularly east of lakes Erie and Ontario.Snowfall rates of 2 to 3 inches per hour were reported in a band of snow east of Lake Ontario in upstate New York.
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Some locations in upstate New York picked up more than two feet of snow during this event. Lacona, New York, saw the most snow with 40 inches reported east of Lake Ontario.
The Tug Hill town of Redfield, New York, reported 38 inches of snow, including 28 inches on Sunday alone. This put Redfield over the 200-inch mark for the season.
Early Monday morning, a band of heavy lake-effect snow impacted the Cleveland metro area. Up to a foot of snow was reported on the west side of Cleveland in Lakewood. Thundersnow was also reported in the metro area.
Bands of lake-effect snow also impacted areas downwind of lakes Superior, Michigan and Huron. This included parts of northwest Indiana, western Lower Michigan and Upper Michigan. Total accumulations in thosesnowbeltswere generally less than in the Erie and Ontariosnowbelts.
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