5-Inch Surprise Snowstorm Brings Early Taste of Winter to Northeast
A surprise September snowstorm blanketed Upstate New York and northern New England with up to five inches of snow Tuesday, snapping power lines and forcing snowplow crews to start the winter season early.
“I went to bed and it was pretty clear. I woke up and it was all white,” said Thomas Keegan of Bloomingdale, N.Y., which is eight miles from Saranac Lake where five inches of snow fell. “It’s a pleasure right now, but I’m sure I’ll get sick of it.”
A cold front racing across the Northeast overnight brought snow, thunderstorms and a tornado that damaged a marina in Scituate, Mass., the National Weather Service said.
At Saranac Lake, the heavy, wet snow knocked down trees and power lines in the Adirondacks mountain resort area. At least 30 homes were without electricity, Niagara Mohawk Power Co. spokesman Robert MacIntire said.
State snowplow crews cleared roads in northern New Hampshire, where five inches of snow fell on Mt. Washington.
No weather-related problems were reported.
A tornado and gusty thunderstorms were triggered by the passing cold front. In Scituate, just south of Boston, a tornado hit a marina Tuesday morning, knocking down power lines and damaging boats anchored at the marina. No injuries were reported.
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