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Subscribe to RSSMillions are under a winter weather advisory as severe storms charge through the South and bring snow to parts of the Great Plains and into the Northeast. Weather Channel meteorologist Eric Fisher reports.
A late-season storm that threatened to dump up to a foot of heavy snow right before the start of spring slammed the Northeast on Tuesday.
The storm brought a burst of heavy snow in southern New England that was replaced by a mix of sleet and freezing rain in Connecticut and Rhode Island through the morning, the National Weather Service said.
About seven inches had accumulated in parts of Boston by 9 a.m. local time, NBC affiliate WHDH reported. School was canceled in Boston and Worcester, Mass., and residents could expect a mix of rain and snow through Tuesday night, tapering off into flurries on Wednesday morning, according to the weather service.
With the official arrival of spring only a day away, New Englanders said they had seen enough snow for one winter.
“I hate it,” Jennifer Hutchins of Concord, N.H., told The Associated Press. “I guess I like to watch it fall, but I don’t like it when it sticks around.”
Rogelio V. Solis / AP
Golf-ball sized hail litters the ground as Andrew Stamps and his wife Valorie prepare to cover their car's rear window after the glass was shattered in a hailstorm on Monday in Pearl, Miss.
"I'm tired of it," Paula Lochhead told the AP. "But we live in New Hampshire, what are you gonna do?"
A FedEx truck slid off ice-slicked roads in Wallingford, Conn., and narrowly missed slamming into a house as it went down an embankment. The driver of the truck was not seriously harmed, NBC Connecticut reported.
Snow also hit New York and New Jersey on Monday night, with reports of a number of accidents as drivers tried to negotiate slushy streets, according to NBC New York.
Some three inches of snow fell on parts of New York City and Long Island before it stopped around midnight, the station said. Suburbs north and west of the city could see 3 to 5 inches before rain sets in. Up to 8 inches were expected at higher elevations in the Poconos, Catskills and Hudson Valley.
Hail smashes cars, breaks windows in South
New York state police said they had responded to 80 reports of accidents or disabled vehicles in a four-county region east of the Hudson River, NBC New York reported.
Forty-eight flights were cancelled at Boston’s Logan Airport and 29 grounded at LaGuardia in New York as of 10 a.m. on Tuesday.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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This story was originally published on Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:48 AM EDT
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Good time to pay attention, buy extra supplies, fuel, shovels, and stay inside if possible. You have been warned, so there shouldn't be any whinning this time around. You will have to help yourselves for awhile, plus help your neighbor if you can. Hope nobody gets hurts.
Got that right SallyAnn. If your not prepared, it's your own falt. If you go to work and smash up your car, you won't get there today anyway.
The time to buy these items is in late summer or early fall before winter and not at the end of winter...unless of course they are on sale now and you are stocking up for next winter.
Late winter storms are not rare, They happen, Here in NJ we get them quite frequently in March,Occasionally in April and even the freak snowstorm in early may, The good news is that the ground temperature is up and the snow generally melts quite quickly, The roads already have salt and sand on/in them from earlier winter applications and generally clear quickly plus the asphalt roadways heat up quicker with just a little sun.
ASs for the staying inside part...well there is no fun in that!
@Lost
I mentioned staying inside because so many people whinned worse that little babies last time the storm hit the East Coast. But you are correct, lots of fun outside in the snow, if you like doing that.
i respect what you wrote SallyAnn big thumbs up from me
They were declaring that my area would get 10" to 14" of snow. I woke up to about 2 to 3 inches on the ground. And now it's sleeting.
This storm was a bust for my area. Not that I'm complaining. I've had enough snow for this winter. But I wouldn't be surprised if this continued. The snow started late this year.
@Wild Rose
Thank you, and GM to you. Hope you did not get any of the hail other places in the south got. That would have to be worse than a snow storm. It would hurt getting one of those hunks of ice land on your head. Ouch indeed.
yeah that would of sucked so far it's sunny where i'm at but they are talking about rain which i don't mind i love the rain just wish my crazy neighbor stops speeding he going to get himself hurt one of these days
Spring is having a tough time coming around, here in Minnesota.
globalwarming is freezing again.
Damn groundhog.
He still has two days. The prediction is rather or not if Spring is postponed for two weeks or will it come on time. I'd say if it isn't spring like weather by Friday we all have groundhog soup for dinner
the sequester put him a month behind.
Goundhog...make a stew out of him
I wish NBC would define "Tri-State area". Can you guess how many "Tri-State areas" there are?
Usually when they say that they mean Jersey, New York, and PA.
No, usually they mean NJ, NYC, LI and CT (OK and maybe Westchester, too). At least that's what the car dealer groups are referring to..
Beg to differ: from Central Jersey it is New York, New Jersey and Connecticut - the Hudson brotherhood.
But it all depends on where you are citing this from.
Here in SE PA it's PA, DE, NJ
In SW PA it is PA, Ohio and WV.
The tri states are NY, NJ and CT, Pa isn't one of them trust me. I have lived all my life here in the once great NY state, ruined beyond repair by the Dumbocrats and the go along republicks. With an assist by the single moms on the dole, and of cource our lack of public service workers, who all make phat stacks of cash. Led by the teachers union, who oh by the way are layin up in their cribs today, you see they get the day off when it snows. You the taxpayer, get your ass to work, they will be getting another salary increase in Septemeber and guess who will be paying for it, not those single moms with there tribe of kids.
Why is this news? This happens every year. We've had snow in May.
I agree, Considering spring does not actually start until march 20 we still have 2 days of WINTER left, Further it is not uncommon here in NJ to get the occasional snow storm in April and even a freak storm in May as you mentioned. Just more blather from idiots trying to may news out of normal occurrences
OMG why isn't the weather looking at the man-made self-imposed delineations of the seasons on the calendar.! OMG! The sky is falling!
OMG...snow in March...how can this happen...wait a minute...My calendar says spring does not start until March 20...That means it is still winter...Snow in winter...That is normal.
Here's a novel idea: Look outside. If it's snowing it might, just might be your "Tri-State area." My God, how do some of you people make it through life? I guess there's a app for that too, huh?
The Plains states lived through it...the Mid-west has lived through it...given the the why weather travels west to east, the Northeast will now get to live through it. Prepare for it and you won't be in the news.
I live in Eastern NC. We get very little snow, but can get 4 inches. This can close schools for 3 days. When we moved here my wife told me to buy a snow shovel in case the paramedics were needed, we are elderly. I asked what for, since they didn't plow the streets.
Might remind your wife those snow shovels tend to attract paramedics.
So true. Good morning Scooter. Have a good day all.
One good thing about all this snow is the insufferable "Global Climate Change" Chicken Little's are taking a break.
Oh, you will here them defend climate change with the "extreme storms theory." You just don't hear them beat their drums as much when it is a snow storm. Wait until the summer hits and it is hot, or even this spring when there are tornados and hurricans. They will come out of hibernation then.
Sure, because weather is the same thing as climate.
Maybe the two of you should turn off Faux News and actually read a book? You might learn something but then you couldn't come on MSNBC and say "Look, it's snowing, there's no global warming!" so forget I mentioned it.
Classic global warming, 8 degrees in March!
move south to like say pennslyvania hahaha
wind was nasty. snow didnt amount to nothin. but on the bright side it warmed up to 12 thus far today
I don't see how y'all do it! I'm whining and crying and it's 57 here!
How's that global woarming workin for ya? What a hoax!
Hope all the enviro wackos in New England are enjoying this balmy weather.
OK....French fries were not invented in France, Ranch dressing is not made exclusively on ranches, and the words "global warming" do not mean it will instantly because summer all year around. Try reading something longer than twit text and you'll see that there are long reaching implications (look it up) to a global surge in temperature within a short period of time.
Granted, you probably had trouble with the word 'OK'...
Cee, that didn't stop you wackos from coming out last summer during the long midwest drought and beat your chess and declare global warming... Just a few years ago several hundred sceintist came out and admitted that the climate change model was built upon faulty data. Now put down your Al Gore journal and read something worth while.
I could handle summer year round.
When I was a child the City Parks dept would freeze over the baseball diamonds and we could ice skate (I can still skate backwards) and the same park had several large hills - I could go sledding or on a toboggin ride (a lot of fun) with others. I spent all day at the park and would come home with freezing toes & fingers.......
Bring it on! I live in Syracuse, NY, and I expect more snow than we've gotten. It's a real letdown when we can see the grass; anyone who knows how to appreciate the winter (especially those with skis or snowmobiles) sure feels slighted this season. I'm crazy about snow, and I hope we get plenty more.
As far as the snow and cold? Love it or leave it. If you stay in your town, you'd best find a way to appreciate it. The snow will be back next year, and every one after that. Sulking and bawling is ridiculous! There's plenty of property south of the snow line.
You're right in that snow belt from Buffalo to Boston. Used to have to drive through Syracuse on a regular basis and the weather was always snowy in winter.
I remeber in the late 70s" when we has so much cold, ice and snow the same idiots who now scream that we are all melting were screaming mini ice age. Of course the weather changes, it is all natural, this planet was designed that way by God! Those who have investigated deep soil samples have seen evidence that proves the heat and cold cycles have fluctuated in this manner long before the industrial revolution or the invention of motor vehicles. There is also evidence that sun causes much of the fluctuation in our weather but you will not hear that from those who want to control your every move. And i do not mean just the current occupants of the WH or Congress, I mean all the globalists who really are firmly in control in our country and other places around the world.
aye captain....they want to control the money.just ask big ole al G who profitted millions off a hoax.
Do you recall in the 70s when "Scientists" said we were going into an ice age and they wanted to sprinkle the N&S pole with black ash so the suns rays would be abosrbed and not refelcted off the poles? Climate change- another political moeny scheme.
And if AG way so worried about it, why did he purchase a 9 million dollar beach front home? HMMMM sounds fisky to me.
Since we're talking about that rat bastard Al Gore, don't forget he sold his TV news network to al Jazeera and made millions.
damn global warming.
Climate change ! It was 6 degrees cooler in Feb this year than last says my gas bill.
Stop now the liberal progressive Dumbocrats and go along Republicks are not going to like you.
Stop try to us logic on them, it is like sunlight to those brain dead vampires.
They need to rename Steubenville High to Stupidville High.
Wrong thread Einstein.
This 'storm' insults me!
Stopped snowing in the morning, and I was so hoping for a much needed day off. Psh, more like a 'dusting'. Barely even stuck to the roads! Where the hell do they get these videos from Alaska? Cuz this is not what I see outside my NY home.
And yeah I'm just complaining....g'damnit!
On the bright side, the sun is higher in the sky now so when it does peak out it warms up a lot faster and stays up longer than it does in the dead of winter.
Big shout out to all my liberal progressive Dumbocrat voting Man Made Global Warming peeps here in NY State. NJ, and CT also.Hope you are enjoying the walking in, shovling, driving and just try to navigate another warming trend we are having. Just remejmber al gore who invented this junk science is layin up in his 25,000 square foot crib, try to get some ho to adjust his skra muscle. And the teachers that pound this myth into our kids head, oh there home also, another free day on you dopey taxpayers who pay for their propoganda.
Just the media again trying to justify their existance. Every little flurry of snow and they work themselves and the public into a frenzy. Especially since they started naming winter storms! Does everyone in this country need to be spoonfed information? Snow happens in the winter time.
and God said.... i will show these earthlings who is boss.
ok right bauer there is some msytical being somewhere in the sky controlling the weather - do people ever wonder how plain silly they sound - it is amazing
Watch it there Fred, or God will smite you. He does it from the computer, just presses the "smite" key and that's it. It's true because I saw in the paper as a Farside cartoon.