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DAILY WEATHER SUMMARY
Thursday, 17 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
on the homepage. If you are looking for an alternative description
of daily weather, you could try:
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/ wlead.htm
From the files of the Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City,
MO and Intellicast
- ...1817...A "luminous snowstorm" occurred in Massachusetts,
Vermont and New Hampshire. Saint Elmo's fire appeared as static
discharges on roof peaks, fence posts, and the hats and fingers
of people. Thunderstorms prevailed over central New England. (David
Ludlum)
- ...1867...A severe wind and snowstorm paralyzed the northeast
with 12 inches of snow and hurricane force winds. The old colony
railroad was snow bound for 10 days. (Intellicast)
- ...1893...The mercury dipped to 17 degrees below zero at Millsboro,
DE to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel)
- ...1972...A single storm unloaded 77.5 inches of snow at Summit,
MT to establish a state record. (The Weather Channel)
- ...1982...The "Cold Sunday" in the United States.
The coldest in the nation that day was 52 degrees below zero near
Tower, MN with International Falls, MN following closely at 45
below and Chicago, IL at 25 below. Buffalo, NY had a high for
the day of 2 below and Princeton, NJ reached 2 above zero at 2
PM. New January records were set at Buffalo at 16 below zero,
Milwaukee, WI at 26 below (coldest in 111 years), and Washington,
DC at 5 below (coldest since 1934). Montgomery, AL dropped to
2 below zero and Jackson, MS fell to 5 below zero. Florida escaped
the freeze. (Intellicast)
Strong chinook winds caused severe wind damage in Boulder, CO.
Wind gusts to 118 mph was recorded on the roof of the Environmental
Research Laboratories (ERL), and a wind gust to 137 mph was measured
atop the roof of the National Center for Atmospheric Research
(NCAR) building (in the southwest part of the city, 600 feet above
ground level). The high winds uprooted trees and damage roofs.
(Storm Data)
- ...1987...A winter storm spread snow from the Southern Rockies
into the Middle Mississippi Valley and southwestern sections of
the Great Lakes Region, and freezing rain across Texas and Oklahoma.
Snowfall totals ranged up to 16 inches at Tulia, TX, with 12 inches
at Wellington, KS. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
- ...1988...A Pacific storm battered the southern coast of California.
Winds gusting to 65 mph uprooted trees in San Diego. Los Angeles
reported an all-time record low barometric pressure reading of
29.25 inches. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
- ...1989...Strong chinook winds along the eastern slopes of
the Rockies gusted to 90 mph near Rollinsville, CO, and reached
94 mph near Big Timber, MT. Heavy snow blanketed parts of the
Upper Mississippi Valley, with eight inches reported in Douglas
County, WI. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
- ...1990...Twenty cities across the southeastern half of the
country reported record high temperatures for the date. Record
highs included 61 degrees at Williamstown, PA and 85 degrees at
Brownsville, TX. Evening thunderstorms produced large hail and
damaging winds from eastern Texas to Mississippi. (National Weather
Summary) (Storm Data)
- ...1994...Louisville, KY was blitzed with 15.9 inches in 24
hours for not only its greatest 24 hour snowfall ever, but also
its greatest snowstorm ever, as a massive overrunning pattern
developed over the frigid arctic air that was entrenched across
the eastern U.S. Lucasville, OH was buried under 30 inches and
up to 23 inches was reported in Robertson County in Kentucky.
(Intellicast)
- ...1996...High winds behind a powerful low pressure system
battered southern high plains. Sustained winds hit 105 mph with
gusts to 128 mph at Guadeloupe Pass, TX. Wind gusts hit reached
89 mph at White Sands, NM and 75 mph at El Paso, TX. One person
was killed and three were injured when the high winds collapsed
a food mart roof in Anthony, TX. El Paso recorded its lowest barometric
pressure ever with 29.22 inches (989.5 millibars). (Intellicast)
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Prepared by Edward J. Hopkins, Ph.D., email hopkins@meteor.wisc.edu
© Copyright, 2002, The American Meteorological Society.