| Type | Extratropical Winter storm Ice storm Tornado outbreak |
|---|---|
| Formed | January 16, 2019 |
| Dissipated | January 21, 2019 |
| Highest winds |
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| Highest gust | 164 mph (264 km/h) at Mammoth Mountain, California |
| Tornadoes confirmed | 10 |
| Max. rating1 | EF2 tornado |
| Maximum snowfall or ice accretion | 52 inches (130 cm) at Squaw Valley, California |
| Fatalities | 10 |
| Power outages | 100,000+ |
| Areas affected | Southwestern United States, Rocky Mountains, Midwest, Northeastern United States, Eastern Canada |
Part of the 2018–19 North American winter 1Most severe tornado damage; see Enhanced Fujita scale | |
The January 2019 North American winter storm was a long-lived winter storm, forming as a large area of low pressure off the Pacific Northwest shoreline January 16, making its way to the Northeast by January 21. Its effects included heavy rain/high elevation snow and gusty winds in California, severe weather in the south, near-blizzard conditions in Upstate New York, an ice storm in New England and minor coastal flooding in the Mid-Atlantic.[1]