How to Use heavy snowfall in a Sentence

heavy snowfall

noun
  • But the closure of the park, Molina said, had more to do with the high winds than the heavy snowfall.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Another heavy snowfall, this time in 2013, tore the roof again, and by then the owner had given up.
    Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 27 Jan. 2024
  • This new wave of storms is bearing down on areas already buried by heavy snowfall from the past two weeks.
    Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 13 Mar. 2023
  • In addition to the fires, homes and businesses have faltered under the weight of the heavy snowfall.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2023
  • In addition to the gas fires, homes and businesses have faltered under the weight of the heavy snowfall.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
  • But this new wave of storms is pummeling areas already buried by heavy snowfall from the past two weeks.
    Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 12 Mar. 2023
  • This new wave of storms is pummeling areas already buried by heavy snowfall from the past two weeks.
    Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 14 Mar. 2023
  • That heavy snowfall is more likely in Maine and parts of New Hampshire, while the Boston area and further south face rain and a wintry mix.
    Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2023
  • How the snow will fall Some areas will see a very heavy snowfall rate, of 1-2 inches per hour during Friday's commute.
    Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 2 Mar. 2023
  • In this photo, Prince Harald, who was about to turn 7, took advantage of heavy snowfall at their Maryland home.
    Town & Country, 2 July 2023
  • The pace of construction was slowed by heavy snowfall last winter but the opening date is still generally on track, the district says.
    Michael Lee, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The region saw very heavy snowfall this winter followed by a cold March that locked a significant snowpack in place.
    David Faris, The Week, 3 May 2023
  • Yosemite National Park will remain closed at least through Sunday and possibly longer due to heavy snowfall that has left some parts of the park under 15 feet of snow.
    Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Cal Fire said that heavy snowfall made search efforts difficult, according to a tweet.
    TIME, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The Great Lakes region received heavy snowfall Monday, and some states had been under blizzard warnings.
    Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2023
  • For example, the memory of serving as a sentry one night during a heavy snowfall inspired me to write the story.
    Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The valley has been pummeled by winter storms this year, with heavy snowfall followed by 21 inches of rain that set off at least 22 rockslides, which the park said had been mostly cleaned up.
    Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2023
  • February's full moon, known as the Snow Moon, is named after the typically heavy snowfall that occurs during this month.
    Journal Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2024
  • But those totals won’t be anything like the Sierra Nevada, where heavy snowfall is predicted, adding on to the region’s highest snowpack in four decades.
    Anthony Edwards, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The department will have the option to suspend the mandate in the winter if there is heavy snowfall, since bags are easier to maneuver in those conditions.
    Clio Chang, Curbed, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Extreme heavy snowfall has been coming down across the Rocky Mountains over the past few days, prompting avalanche warnings for several mountains in Colorado.
    Daniel Amarante, ABC News, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The area also receives heavy snowfall from November to April, and this January, a huge avalanche killed two laborers near the construction site.
    Aakash Hassan, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Apr. 2023
  • During the winter when people in San Bernardino County were impacted by heavy snowfall, her parents opened a storefront next to Mag.
    Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Contra Despite the heavy snowfall and recent flooding, scientists still believe the state’s dry conditions are far from over.
    Brian Bushard, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • There’s a pretty solid model consensus that most places, except areas south of Prince William and Prince George’s counties, should see at least 2 to 3 hours of moderate to heavy snowfall.
    Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Residents in mountain communities are struggling under the heavy snowfall, with some trapped in their homes.
    Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2023
  • But California’s Sierra snowpack, which provides about a third of the state’s water supply, continued to benefit from the back-to-back dumps of heavy snowfall.
    Jae C. Hong, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Keep in Mind: This single-stage model isn’t suitable for locations with heavy snowfall and doesn’t offer a self-propelling feature.
    Jessica Comstock, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Apr. 2023
  • But that slowed over the winter and early spring, as higher borrowing costs — and heavy snowfall — hindered home building and remodeling.
    Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 5 May 2023
  • Officials closed the park to the public on Feb. 25 amid heavy snowfall and whiteout conditions that made traveling treacherous.
    Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Mar. 2023

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