Winter Storm Stellarated, or major,on the Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale (NESIS) released by NOAA.
The storm was a blockbuster that brought3 to almost 5feetof snow to parts of New York state, Pennsylvania and Vermont, along with wind gusts over hurricane force to coastal New England.
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The NESISranks high-impact Northeast winter storms by using population and snowfall amounts. NESIS also looks at the size of the snowfield, which for Stella covered most of the Northeast. The scale ranges from 1-5 that incorporates these ingredients, and Stella fell well into the Category 3 criteria.
Other storms that have received a rating are winter storms , and .
This is the sixth storm to be rated Category 3 or higher since 2012, one of which,, was a Category 4.
Snowfall map and NESIS rating of Winter Storm Stella
(National Centers for Environmental Information/NOAA)
The Bolton Valley Ski Area, located in the Green Mountains of northern Vermont east of Burlington, reported a storm total of 58 inches of snow early on the morning of March 16.
, surpassing in November. From March 14-15, 35.3inches of snow had been measured at Binghamton Regional Airport, pushingthis winter tothe .
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Stella was the second-heaviest snowstorm in 117 years of records in Burlington, Vermont, and a record for the month of March, with 30.4 inches of snow. Only the Jan. 2-3, 2010 snowstorm (33.1 inches) was heavier, there.
At Bradley International Airport near Windsor Locks, Connecticut, Stella's 15.8 inches of snow on March 14 was the snowiest calendar day in any spring month (March through May) in records dating to 1905.
It was also the , topped only by the 1993 Superstorm (20.4 inches) and a late March 1891 storm (18 inches).
Widespread 1- to 3-foot snow accumulations have piled upin parts of the Northeast, led by 48.4inches in Hartwick, New York. At least one location in 16 states has seen a foot of snow from Stella in the Midwest and Northeast.
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The photo above was taken in Sauquoit, New York, just south of Utica, on March 15, 2017.
Here are some top and notable snowfall reports by state:
Connecticut:Middletown (21 inches), Windsor Locks-Bradley Int'l Airport (15.8 inches), Bridgeport (7.1 inches)Delaware:Pike Creek (4.4 inches),Newark (3.6inches), Wilmington (1.8 inches)Maine:Lisbon Falls (22 inches), Portland (16.4inches), Bangor (14.5inches), Caribou (14.1 inches)Maryland:Bittinger (12inches), Frederick (10 inches), Baltimore (2.2inches)Massachusetts: Granville (21.5inches), Lowell (15 inches), Worcester(14.4inches), Boston (6.6 inches)New Hampshire: Stratham (23.6 inches), Concord (15.6inches), Manchester (11.7 inches)New Jersey:Vernon (20.3inches), Newark (7inches)New York: Hartwick (48.4 inches),Lake Placid (42 inches), Near Utica (36inches), Binghamton (35.3inches), Rochester (26.5inches), Syracuse (24.4inches), Buffalo (19.6 inches), Albany (17.0inches), NYC-Central Park (7.6inches)Pennsylvania:Oakland (34.5inches), Susquehanna (32.3 inches), Honesdale (31inches), Scranton (23.9 inches), Harrisburg (17.2 inches) Philadelphia Int'l Airport (6inches)Rhode Island: Burrillville (13 inches), Providence (3.3 inches)Vermont:Bolton Valley Ski (58inches), South Burlington/NWS office (30.4 inches)Virginia: Winchester (8.1 inches), Washington-Dulles Airport (5.6 inches), Washington-Reagan Airport (0.9 inches)West Virginia:Eglon (16inches), Elkins (6.5 inches), Beckley (4.2 inches)
In addition, there were two reports of avalanches on March 14 in northeast Pennsylvania, one in Falls Township and another in Tunkhannock, which closed PA-Route 92.
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An incredible snowfall rate of was reported in Ilion, New York, on March 14, about 13 miles east of Utica.
Burlington, Vermont, reported , another impressive snowfall rate.
Intense snowfall rates were also observed in Highland Lakes, New Jersey(4.5 inches in one hour reported in Highland Lakes, New Jersey)and New Milford, Pennsylvania (6 inches in 90 minutes).
Binghamton, New York, picked up almost a foot of snow in just 4 hours early on March 14.
, and 1 inch per hour at both New York's JFK and LaGuardia Airports.
The New York City metro saw a wintry mix (snow/sleet), which was even accompanied by thunder for aperiod of time on the morning of March 14.
To the south, warm air aloft led to freezing rain in parts of the mid-Atlantic states, including parts of the Washington D.C. metro.
Up to an estimated one-quarter inch of ice accumulation was measured at Baltimore-Washington International Airport. Branches were downed in Chesilhurst, New Jersey, due to 0.4 inches of ice accumulation plus gusty winds.
Above: Tree damage from ice accumulation in Charles County, Maryland, south of Washington D.C. on March 14, 2017.
Wind gusts topped 50 or even 60 mph from the coasts of Delaware and New Jersey to portions of southern New England. Wellfleet, Massachusetts (79mph), Barnstable, Massachusetts (74 mph), West Island, Massachusetts (71 mph), WinsegansettHeights, Massachusetts (71 mph), Rockport, Massachusetts (68 mph), Orient, New York (68 mph), Fishers Island, New York (67 mph), Milton, Massachusetts (67 mph), and Seaside Heights, New Jersey (65 mph), saw some of the top windgusts.
Strong winds in combination with the weight of the snow downed tree branches in eastern Pennsylvania and southern New York.
Tens of thousands lost power in Massachusetts due to the high winds downing trees and power lines. Blizzard conditions were officially verified in Worcester, Massachusetts, according to the National Weather Service.
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Those strong winds resulted in coastal flooding in New Jersey, inundating some roads and .
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, as strong northeast winds piled water along the riverfront.
This major nor'easteroff the East Coast underwent bombogenesis, meaning there was a rapid drop in atmospheric pressure, indicatingstrengthening.
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Stellaimpacted theMidwest with light to moderate snowfall accumulations across a large part of that region March 13 and 14.
Areas of lake-enhanced or lake-effect snow continued into March 14, leadingto some storm totals locally topping 20 inchesin southeast Wisconsin.
, according to the National Weather Service.
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On March 14, 4.4 inches of snow fell in 1 hour near Munster, Indiana in a lake-effect snowband.
Below is a recap showing some of the top snow totals from Stella in eachstatefor the Midwest.
Illinois:14.3 inches near Waukegan, 12 inches near Gurnee, 7.7inches at Chicago O'Hare AirportIndiana:12 inches in HammondIowa: 13 inches in Ringsted, 10.6inches in WaterlooMichigan: 15 inches near Wurtsmith Airfield, 5.3 inches at Detroit Metro AirportMinnesota: 13 inches in Duluth, 6.5 inches in Rochester, 3.7 inches at Minneapolis/St. Paul Int'l AirportNorth Dakota: 4 inches in New Town and WillistonOhio: 12inches nearGeneva, 5.9 inches in Akron, 2.6 inches at Cleveland-Hopkins Int'l AirportSouth Dakota: 10 inches near Watertown, 9 inches in AberdeenWisconsin:21.5 inches in Elmwood Park,11.2inches at Milwaukee-Mitchell Int'l Airport
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Parts of the South saw snow from Stella's first phase March 11-12.
Up to 5 inches of snow was reported near Cave City, Arkansas, and 4 inches was measured in Paris, Tennessee.
The morning of March 12, parts of north Georgia, North Carolina and northern South Carolina saw snow from Stella. Most of the accumulations were on grassy and elevated surfaces.
Snow was even observed as far south as Columbia, South Carolina. this was just the 17th time it has snowed there in March, dating to 1888.
, and its first measurable snowfall since February 24, 2015.
People struggle to walk in the blowing snow during a winter storm Tuesday, March 14, 2017, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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