page_title: March 2017 North American blizzard
section_title: New York
hierarchical_section_title: March 2017 North American blizzard / Impact / Mid-Atlantic / New York
caption_attribution_description: New York-JFK
context_page_description: The March 2017 North American Blizzard was a major late-season blizzard that affected the Northeastern United States, New England and Canada, dumping up to 3 feet of snow in the hardest hit areas, mainly New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Southern Quebec. Forming out of an extratropical cyclone near the Northwest, the storm system dived into the northern portions of the United States, dropping light to moderate snow across the Great Lakes, Upper Midwest on March 11–12 before reaching the Ohio Valley the next day. It later coalesced into a powerful nor'easter off the East Coast, producing a swath of heavy snowfall across a large portion of the Northeast. The storm was given various unofficial names, such as Winter Storm Stella, Blizzard Eugene, and Blizzard of 2017.
  Ahead of the storm, residents prepared in advance for the major nor'easter, with blizzard warnings issued for several states, including New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. Several officials had crews with salt trucks ready to deploy to clear roads.
context_section_description: Western New York started getting hit by snow during the evening of March 13. The strongest parts of the storm on March 14 hit the Catskills area of the state. The blizzard warning for New York City was rescinded early in the morning. Freezing rain and sleet was common in the southern areas of the state, along with flooding. By the evening of March 15, except for small bands of snow in Central New York, the snow had ended. 3-6 deaths were reported in the state.
caption: Snow at the JFK Airport after the storm
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