How much snow did we get?

Mike Randall and Phil Strum, Times Herald-Record
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How much snow fell in the Mid Hudson Valley's late winter storm Monday into Tuesday?

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning that is in effect in Orange and Putnam counties until midnight, and 8 a.m. Wednesday in Dutchess, Sullivan and Ulster counties.

The weather service issued a less severe winter weather advisory for Rockland and Westchester counties, which is in effect until midnight. Those counties are expected to see less snow.

A spokesman for the National Weather Service said this storm which moved up the coast is a nor'easter in the general sense, although technically the wind for this storm is coming from the northwest.

Here are some early reports of actual snowfall totals from the National Weather Service. Numbers are courtesy of a variety of sources, including volunteer observers, highway departments, spotters and media and are considered unofficial.

Snowfall around 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 14, 2023, in Warwick, NY.
Snowfall around 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 14, 2023, in Warwick, NY.

Dutchess County

  • Hopewell Junction: 16 inches

  • Fishkill 12.5 inches

  • East Fishkill: 12.2 inches

  • Beekman: 12 inches

  • Millbrook: 11 inches

  • LaGrange: 10 inches

  • Poughkeepsie: 7.5 inches

  • Northwest Poughkeepsie: 7.5 inches

Pedestrians and traffic travel on Route 9 in the village of Wappingers Falls on March 14, 2023.
Pedestrians and traffic travel on Route 9 in the village of Wappingers Falls on March 14, 2023.

Orange County

  • Monroe: 9 inches

  • Chester: 6.2 inches

  • Salisbury Mills: 6.1 inches

  • Walden: 5.6 inches

  • Port Jervis: 5.5 inches

  • Chester: 5 inches

  • Highland Mills: 4.5 inches

  • Warwick: 4 inches

  • Cornwall-on-Hudson: 4 inches

  • Pine Bush: 2.8 inches

  • Greenwood Lake: 1.8 inches

Putnam County

  • Lake Carmel: 17 inches

  • Fahnestock State Park: 13.5 inches

  • Putnam Valley: 10.8 inches

  • Cold Spring: 10.5 inches

Rockland County

  • New Hempstead: 1 inch

  • Stony Point 1.05 inches

Sullivan County

  • Kiamesha: 10.5 inches

  • Bloomingburg 10 inches (9 a.m.)

  • Bethel: 7 inches

  • Mountaindale: 6 inches

  • Monticello 3.3 inches (7:25 a.m.)

  • Wurtsboro 2.3 inches (7:01 a.m.)

Ulster County

  • New Paltz 11.7 inches

  • Shandaken 10 inches

  • Woodstock 8 inches

  • Rosendale 3.5 inches

  • Olivebridge 2 inches

Westchester County

  • Peekskill: 2.1 inches

  • Shrub Oak: 2 inches

  • Ossining: 1.5 inches

  • Katonah: 1.41 inches

  • Briarcliff Manor: 1.38 inches

  • Armonk: 1.35 inches

  • Thornwood: 1.34 inches.

  • Shrub Oak: 1.29 inches

  • Somers: 1.29 inches

  • Pleasantville: 1.25 inches

  • Hartsdale: 1.2 inches

  • Harrison: 1.17 inches

  • South Salem: 1.16 inches

  • Rye Brook: 1.11 inches

  • New Rochelle: 1.05 inches

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A winter storm warning issued by the National Weather Service for Dutchess, Sullivan and Ulster counties is scheduled to expire at 8 a.m. Wednesday. The winter storm warning issued for Orange and Putnam was scheduled to expire at midnight.

Putnam and Ulster counties declared states of emergency, which prohibited non-emergency travel. Many officials across the region urged residents to stay off the road if they did not have to travel., regardless of whether there was an emergency in effect where they live.

As of 11 a.m., Ulster County lifted its non-emergency travel ban, but advised drivers to continue to exercise caution on the roads, which are still slick.

There have been no serious crashes reported on the roads so far. One crash on the northbound Thruway between the Woodbury and Newburgh exits in Orange County overnight closed one lane for a time. No further details were available.

The four utility companies serving the region, Con Edison, Central Hudson, Rockland & Orange and NYSEG, were reporting 18,074 homes and businesses without power as of 1 p.m.. Estimated restoration times for many of those outages were still pending further evaluation of conditions. Orange and Rockland Utilities estimates it will have power restored for 235 customers in Orange and Sullivan counties restored by 7 p.m.

The Hudson and Harlem lines of the Metro-North Railroad were both reporting delayed service Tuesday morning.

Amtrak also reported that the storm was causing some cancellations and other service changes on its lines. No substitute service was available, the company said.

Westchester County Airport was reporting a handful of flight delays, but many arrivals and departures were still operating on time Tuesday morning. One Delta flight to Boston was canceled.

This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: National Weather Service snowfall totals for Mid, Lower Hudson Valley