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U. S. East Coast with up to 4 feet (1. January 6 to January 8, 1. It was followed by another storm, an Alberta Clipper, on January 1. Along with the March Superstorm of 1. Most of the Shenandoah Valley received two to three feet of snow. Most of Virginia was impacted with the more central and western parts receiving one to three feet of snow. The heaviest snow fell in Page County, with ~3.
Snowfall reached three feet in the Shenandoah Valley and exceeded two feet in much of the Virginia mountain and Piedmont areas. George Allen declared a state of emergency as power lines went down, people were trapped in their houses, and at least eight weather- related deaths occurred.
High winds that accompanied the blizzard caused white out conditions and drifts of up to 1. Patrick County. Washington D. C. At that time, the metro area received 1. But overnight, as the storm slowly crawled northward, extremely heavy bands of snow came in from the east. These bands created whiteout conditions as winds gusted past 4. By the morning of January 8, the bands tapered off, and the metro area was left with a blanket of 1.
Baltimore received 2. Washington Dulles International Airport received 2. Many areas north and west in Maryland and West Virginia received well over 2 feet (0.
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West Virginia and Virginia receiving up to 4 feet (1. In DC, it was known as the .
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Because of unseasonably warm weather in mid- January and a warm rain exceeding an inch on Monday, January 1. Southwest Virginia to New York. It remains the city's all- time greatest snowstorm, compared to its previous greatest snowstorm which was a . The mayor declared a state of emergency, and only police and other emergency workers were permitted to drive on city streets leaving the city to pedestrians. For three days, city trucks loaded with plowed snow dumped their contents into the Schuylkill and Delaware rivers eventually causing major problems with the natural flow of the rivers. It is a rare occurrence for trucks to .
However the snow was so extensive, that plowing would cause massive snow piles. City officials had no choice but to resort to hauling the snow to nearby rivers. Disposal of snow became a major issue but temperatures quickly returned to normal and began to quickly clear the snow. This resulted in flooding, when on January 1. Gulf of Mexico caused a rapid melt, followed by thunderstorms, which both brought three inches of rain, and caused the snow to melt 2. Philadelphia saw its worst flooding in twenty years. Damages were estimated to reach $1 billion.
Other individual accumulations included 3. Ontelaunee Township (Berks), 3. Reading (Berks) and Palm and Souderton (Montgomery), 2.
Perkasie (Bucks), and 2. Glenmoore (Chester). New Jersey. Blizzard conditions developed during the afternoon and evening as strong northeast winds developed around the intensifying low pressure.
During the afternoon hours, precipitation in far southern New Jersey changed to sleet and freezing rain as the low brought in warm air at mid- levels, but remained all snow across the rest of the state. During the evening and overnight hours the snow mixed with sleet as far north as central sections of the state as the low center approached the state from the south. A lull developed in the precipitation in the pre- dawn hours of the 8th as the low center was just off the New Jersey coast, but wraparound moisture brought another period of snow to the state as the low pulled away during the later morning and early afternoon hours of the 8th. Accumulations averaged 2. Sussex County, 2. Warren County, 2. Morris County, generally 2.
Bergen, Passaic, Union, Hudson, Essex, Hunterdon, Somerset, Mercer, and Monmouth counties, 1. Middlesex County, 1. Burlington County, 1.
Salem, Gloucester, and Camden counties, 2. Ocean County, and 1. Cumberland, Atlantic, and Cape May counties. In addition to the heavy snow, wind gusts reached hurricane force along the coast during the evening of the 7th, with an 8. Ocean Grove. While accumulations were lighter along the shore, the strong northeasterly flow produced moderate coastal flooding at the time of high tide on the evening of the 7th, with tides 3 to 4 feet above normal. The tide reached 7.
Atlantic County and 8. Cape May County. Fortunately, winds switched to the northwest before worse flooding could occur at high tide on the morning of the 8th. The state of New Jersey recorded its second- largest snowstorm at Edison, where 3.
Cape May in the Great Blizzard of 1. Elizabeth, New Jersey also reported 3. Newark, the state's largest city, received a record- setting 2. Trenton, the capital, received 2. All roads in the state were closed, including the entire length of the New Jersey Turnpike for the first time in that road's history.
Over two- thirds of the state was buried under 2 feet (6. Places such as Roselle and Linden received around 3. New Jersey was, along with other states, put into a state of emergency. New York City. Schools in New York City's boroughs closed because of snow for the first time since the Blizzard of 1. While most suburban districts in the area close for snow several times each winter, in the city itself they rarely do because of relatively easy access to underground subways whose ability to run is not appreciably affected by snowstorms of moderate to large accumulation; however, in this snowstorm, the transit network was significantly disrupted. Buses were unable to run, and subway service was limited.
Lines that ran in open cut and surface routes were shut down for two days. New England. Up to 3. Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts and the northern hills of Connecticut.
While this was a major snow event for southern New England, the Blizzard of 1. Blizzard of 1. 97. March 1. 99. 3 Superstorm. Snowfall amounts decreased sharply as one moved further north, with northern Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine receiving little more than snow flurries from this event. Blizzard status. During the afternoon of January 7, the airport recorded the necessary three consecutive hours of frequent wind gusts of at least 3.
NWS standard of a blizzard. This indicates that Trenton experienced the worst conditions on the entire East Coast.
All other New Jersey observing sites, as well as most sites in neighboring states, failed to observe true blizzard conditions, though many stations did observe blizzard conditions for less than the necessary three consecutive hours. Snowfall accumulation totals. Richmond Times dispatch.
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US snowstorm: Massive US blizzard paralyses East Coast. Media caption. Transport services have been cancelled, and homes are without power. The weather system affects a huge swathe of the country, from Arkansas in the south to Massachusetts in the north- east.
Supermarkets ran out of food amid a rush for supplies before the first snowflakes fell on Friday. Image copyright. Twitter. Image caption. US astronaut Scott Kelly tweeted a picture of the snowstorm from the International Space Station. In summary: By early Saturday, more than 1. Kentucky and seven inches had fallen in Washington, the National Weather Service reported. More than 7,0. 00 flights have been cancelled for Friday and Saturday.
More than 1. 00,0. North Carolina. Nine people have been killed in car crashes in North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee.
In Virginia alone, state police had reported 9. Friday evening. States of emergency have been declared in Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, New Jersey, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia.
Washington's transport system - the second busiest in the US - will close all weekend. Many events, including two sold- out concerts by singer Garth Brooks in Baltimore, have been postponed. The US federal government closed down at noon on Friday as Washington's mayor, Muriel Bowser, warned this was a major storm with . President Obama is remaining at the White House. Image copyright. APImage caption. Dog walkers in Nashville, Tennessee. Image copyright. APImage caption.
Digging out in Evansville, Indiana. Image copyright. AFPImage caption. The lights of the US Capitol shone through the falling snow.
The National Weather Service (NWS) warned that the worst of the snow would fall in the Washington area from the early hours of Saturday to the early afternoon, with winds of more than 5. In a warning at 0. GMT), the NWS tweeted that an . Residents in the capital and surrounding suburbs in Virginia and Maryland have been warned the snowfall could eclipse the district's record of 2. The BBC's Laura Bicker, in Washington DC, says it feels as though the city is in hiding - the streets are empty and restaurants, bars and supermarkets remain closed. Residents have been told to find a safe place and stay there until the storm has passed.
Some tips on surviving a snowstorm: 1. Make sure you have at least three gallons of drinking water per person, per day. Tape the windows with bubble wrap to keep the heat in. Use your dog to measure the snowfall. How to prepare for a snowstorm.
Why do so many people die shovelling snow? Throughout the night, people were taking to Twitter to post updates on snow levels and pictures under the hashtag #Snowmaggedon. In Kentucky, the Red Cross erected shelters along Interstate 7. Kentucky State Police tweeted that officers were taking water, fuel and snacks to the motorists, some of whom had been stuck for more than 1. Local TV reporter Caitlin Centner was one of those stranded. She told her station WKYT- TV: .
In Baltimore, shopper Sharon Brewington remembered how she and her daughter were left with just noodles and water when the last big snowstorm struck in 2.