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DAILY WEATHER SUMMARY
Monday, 14 January 2002
The electronic delivery of current weather narratives for the
Spring 2002 Online Weather Studies Course will begin on Monday,
21 January 2002. This Online Weather Summary contains the Historical
Weather Events for this date. Current weather data are available
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of daily weather, you could try:
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From the files of the Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City,
MO and Intellicast
- ...1863...The greatest snowstorm of record for Cincinnati,
OH commenced, and a day later twenty inches of snow covered the
ground. That total has remained far above the modern day record
for Cincinnati of eleven inches of snow in one storm. (David Ludlum)
- ...1882...Southern California's greatest snow occurred on
this date. Fifteen inches blanketed San Bernardino, and even San
Diego reported a trace of snow. (David Ludlum)
- ...1888...A cold wave hit California, with temperatures of
20 degrees at Eureka and 29 degrees at San Francisco. (Intellicast)
- ...1974...After 2 weeks of very cold temperatures, unseasonably
warm temperatures accompanied by Chinook winds and heavy rains,
as much as 10 inches in a 4 day period, resulted in disastrous
flooding over northern and central Idaho. The severe flooding
was called the worst natural disaster in the history of the state.
Mudslides blocked and washed out sections of U.S. 95, Idaho's
main north-south highway. Total damage was about $50 million.
(Intellicast)
- ...1979...Chicago, IL was in the midst of their second heaviest
snow of record as, in thirty hours, the city was buried under
20.7 inches of snow. The twenty-nine inch snow cover following
the storm was an all-time record for Chicago. (David Ludlum)
- ...1987...Arctic cold invaded the north central U.S. By evening
blustery northwest winds and temperatures near zero at Grand Forks,
ND were producing wind chill readings of 50 degrees below zero.
(National Weather Summary)
- ...1988...A powerful Pacific storm produced rain and high
winds in the western U.S. In Nevada, the strongest wind gust ever
recorded at Reno Cannon International airport was reported at
11:24 PM, 78 knots or 90 mph, resulting in considerable damage
around the area. Wind gusts reached 106 mph southwest of Reno
and a wind gust to 94 mph was recorded at nearby Windy Hill. Rainfall
totals in Oregon ranged up to six inches at Wilson River. (National
Weather Summary) (Storm Data) (Intellicast)
- ...1989...A winter storm spread snow and sleet and freezing
rain from the Middle Mississippi Valley to the northeastern U.S.
Freezing rain in West Virginia caused fifteen traffic accidents
in just a few minutes west of Charleston. Tennessee was deluged
with up to 7.5 inches of rain. Two inches of rain near Clarksville,
TN left water in the streets as high as car doors.
- ...1990...A winter storm in the southwestern U.S. blanketed
the mountains of southwest Utah with 18 to 24 inches of snow,
while sunshine and strong southerly winds helped temperatures
warm into the 60s in the Central Plains Region. Five cities reported
record high temperatures for the date, including North Platte,
NE with a reading of 63 degrees. (National Weather Summary) (Storm
Data)
- ...1992...A low pressure area deepened 18 millibars in only
12 hours (a land bomb) and bottomed out at 969 millibars (28.62
inches) as it tracked from the Tennessee Valley to northern New
York State. It produced quite a range of nasty weather. Heavy
snow with blizzard conditions prevailed in Ohio and eastern Michigan.
Detroit, MI reported thunder and lightning with heavy snow and
received a total of 11 inches -- the biggest single storm snowfall
in nearly 10 years. An unusual severe weather outbreak for the
time of the year so far north occurred in Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
and southeastern New York. Tornadoes touched down at Moosic and
Lumberville, PA. Dime size hail fell at Orange, New Jersey and
thunderstorm winds gusted to 87 mph at Gettysburg, PA. Small hail
fell at weather service office in Newark, NJ -- the first time
hail had ever fallen at this location in January. (Intellicast)
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Prepared by Edward J. Hopkins, Ph.D., email hopkins@meteor.wisc.edu
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