The February 5-6, 2010, North America snowstorm, often referred to as Snowmageddon , is a crippling and paralyzing snow storm that has enormous and widespread impact on the Northeastern United States. The center of the storm was tracked from Baja California Sur on February 2, 2010 to the East coast on February 6, 2010, before heading east to the Atlantic. The effects are felt in the north and west of these tracks in northern Mexico, California, and the Southwest, Central West, Southeast, and especially the Central Atlantic States. Bad weather, including major floods and mudslides in Mexico, and historic snowfall that occurred in every Central Atlantic state, brought deaths to Mexico, New Mexico, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Most crippling is 20 to 35 in (50 to 90 cm) snow collected in southern Pennsylvania, East Panhandle of West Virginia, northern Virginia, Washington, DC, Maryland, Delaware, and southern New Jersey, bringing the air and Interstate Highway trips to a halt. While rail services to the south and west of Washington, D.C. suspended, train travel between D.C. and Boston is available with limited services. Snowstorm conditions are reported in relatively small areas of Maryland, but conditions close to-snow storms occur in much of the Mid-Atlantic region.
This event is the second of four nor'easters during the winter of 2009-2010 which brings heavy snow to enough of the Northeast population to be numerically acknowledged by the NOAA NESIS intensity rating. The first and third of these systems, Nor'Easter December 2009 and February 9-10, 2010, North American snowstorms, respectively, combined with this event to bring the heaviest snow season in record to most of the Mid-Atlantic. In addition, this event is the second of the three major Mid-Atlantic snow storms that occurred over 12 days; each subsequent storm focuses the heaviest snow a little farther north: the storm of January 30, 2010 (not recognized by NESIS) dropped more than one foot of snow across Virginia and the lower Chesapeake Bay region, while the North American snowstorm from 9 to 10 February 2010 eyed Maryland-Pennsylvania border with as many as 38.3 inches.
Video February 5-6, 2010 North American blizzard
Riwayat meteorologi
The main storm system originated in the Pacific Ocean, bringing heavy rain and snow mountains to California and Arizona on February 2. The center of the storm moved east through northern Mexico on 3 February. The system produces more than one foot of snow at higher elevations and the eastern plains of New Mexico, closing major highways including Interstate 40 east of Albuquerque for several hours on 3 February. The center of the storm then advanced across Texas to the Louisiana Bay Coast on February 4, while dropping rain and snow in Oklahoma and northern Texas, and a severe thunderstorm in the south. Meanwhile, a second northerly disorder that was traced from the middle Rockies to the lower Missouri River Valley, brought light snowfall to Montana, Dakotas, parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois.
On February 5, the two systems were phased together, producing a bunch of thick snow in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. That night, the northern energy system is absorbed into the main southern circulation, promoting rapid intensification. The thick snow then flourished over the Mid-Atlantic countries as a storm center traced in North Carolina to the Atlantic Coast.
An upper and near-stationary trough over the Canadian Maritime Province serves to block the storm system from following the traditional northeast path to New England. Conversely, during the hours of AM 6 February, the center of the storm slowed down its northeastward movement as it continued to deepen east of Virginia Beach, before being forced eastward. The blocking pattern is reflected on the snowfall maps by the sharp northern gradient in northern New Jersey and by the heaviest snow axis that runs WNW-ESE through Maryland and Delaware (contrary to the SW-NE pattern found from most Nor'Easters). Only moderate accumulation reached the southern outskirts of New York City, with nothing more than the mild snow falling in the city itself. Upstate New York and New England avoided this system, receiving little more than a snow flood in the south. Easter winds and ground currents contribute to light snow accumulations of less than one inch in Boston, Cape Cod, and parts of coastal Rhode Island.
According to a blog from Weather Channel's senior meteorologist Stu Ostro, the storm was formed from "Miller Type B" cyclogenesis: a storm centered over an Ohio river stretched onto a ridge and rebuilt along the coast of Carolina. (This differs from the North American snowstorm of 2009, from the "Miller Type A" cyclogenesis where the center of the storm develops over the eastern Gulf of Mexico and strengthens the temporary tracking north to the latitude of the greater temperature contrast.) This storm carries a large amount of moisture that taken from both Gulf of Mexico (as seen on February 3 satellite images of Mexico), and from the Atlantic (as seen in radar imagery from the beginning on 5 February). Ostro characterizes that the storm has "strong dynamics" and predicts snowfall will last for long, usually leading to a large accumulation.
Maps February 5-6, 2010 North American blizzard
Nickname
Media reports emphasize the magnitude of the storm, resulting in many nicknames for it including Snowmageddon and Snowpocalypse .
The Capital of Weather Gang Blog on The Washington Post website runs an online poll on February 4, 2010, requested reader feedback before a blizzard, and some blogs, including his own blog paper, followed by using "Snowmageddon" and/or "Snowpocalypse" during the following days, before, during, and after a storm crashing.
The Washington Post also popularized other portmanteaus, including "snOMG" (from OMG) and "kaisersnoze" (from Keyser Soze), in response to the February snowstorm.
In the afternoon before the first snowstorm hit Washington, D.C., most of the United States federal government was closed, and press coverage continued to characterize the storm using "Snowmageddon", "Snowpocalypse", or both. This phrase was later popularized by the President of the United States, Barack Obama, on February 8, 2010, who used the term when speaking at a meeting of the Democratic National Committee.
Snow showers
Unofficial total storm snow observations of 39.0 "were made from Riverwood, MD (in Frederick County) on CoCoRaHS, and then referenced in the Washington Washington 2010 Washington Climate Review (not published electronically), but NOAA/NWS products listed a total of 38, 3 "at 2WSW Elkridge, MD as" the biggest storm (so far) ".
Pittsburgh with 21.1 ", was the first major city to experience greater storm snowfall, separating sub-20" sums above Indiana and Ohio from 20-35 "readings found in Laurel Highlands and east.This is the biggest snowfall event -4 in Pittsburgh since records began in 1871. The southern area of ​​Pittsburgh receives up to 26 "snowfall. Although initially estimated to carry only 4-8 "snow to the area, the storm path further north leads to an explosive accumulation.Natural Weather Service at the Pittsburgh office noted 7" snow above 700P-1159P February 5 and 5.3 "over 300A-600A on February 6th.
The heaviest snowfall then crossed the Appalachian and sandwiched between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. The total District of Columbia is generally close to 20 ", ranging from 18 to 28". The total city of Baltimore is about 25 ", ranging from 21 to 28". Dulles
32.9 "International Airport sets an all-time record (since 1962) for nearly 2 days and 3 days of snowfall, destroying old records from Blizzard in 1996 at 23.2" and 24.6 respectively. "Dulles received 17.5" on February 6, however, today is only the 3rd largest amount of snowfall for 3 hours. Washington International Airport Baltimore, although close to many "reports, relatively tame 25". The 2-day total is the 2nd largest (since 1892), behind the 26.3 "of the 1922 Knickerbocker Storm.179" Reagan National Airport is one of the lowest metro areas, but still ranks fourth-largest Washington (since 1871) at both 2- days and a total of 3 days.
Laporan lokal tambahan dari Maryland meliputi: Edgemere, 35,4 "; Clarksville, 34,9"; Crofton, 34,0 "; Columbia, 33,8"; Laurel, 32,9 "; Pasadena, 31,0"; Dundalk, 30,5 "; Ellicott City, 30,2"; Frederick, 29.0 "; Olney, 28.0"; Germantown, 27,4 "; dan Catonsville, 22,9".
Philadelphia 28.5 "ranked the storm as the 2nd largest city on record (since 1872), falling not far behind Blizzard 1996's 30.7". This is made for the first winter in Philadelphia with some 20 "storms, after 23.2" of the North American snowstorm of 2009. Wilmington, DE 25.8 "is the largest total storm of all time (since 1894), through the 1996 storm 22 ".
South Jersey saw as many as 29 "snow, Vineland reported 19.8". In Central Pennsylvania, the Harrisburg, Lancaster and York area reported receiving more than 18 "snow.
Many areas, including the rural areas of the Appalachian and Delmarva mountains, averaged over two feet of snow.
The storm was also seen by the winter storm surveillance program (WSR) at the National Center of Environmental Predictions (NCEP). Two aircraft missions were deployed in the Pacific region on February 1, 2010. Accurate measurements in cloudy areas are taken, the data is assimilated by the global forecast model at the center of predictions of different numerical estimates.
Program WSR dipimpin oleh Dr. Yucheng Song dari National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP).
Sumber: CoCoRaHS
Source: NWS Public Information Statement Washington/Baltimore & amp; Maps
Source: NWS Philadelphia/Mt. Public Information Statement Holly & amp; Map
Source: NWS State College, PA Public Information Statement & amp; Maps
Impact
Mexico
Stormous winter rains across Mexico tore down hillsides, sending rivers to their banks and causing at least 15 people to die, officials said on Friday, Feb. 5. The rain, which started earlier this week and culminated on Thursday, February 4, has ruled out Friday. morning, giving officials with their first good view on damage. More than half of the country is affected. The region hardest hit by the storm is the western state of MichoacÃÆ'¡n, a well-known reserve for the king's butterfly, where at least 13 people died from landslides and floods. An unknown number missing on Friday. Other flood-affected areas are the eastern regions of Mexico City, Iztapalapa and municipalities in the eastern states of Mexico such as Ciudad NezahualcÃÆ'³yotl and Ecatepec de Morelos. Rain broke the record for February in MichoacÃÆ'¡n, Mexico State and Mexico City, with twice the normal amount for the entire month falling in 24 hours. There are lessons: Officials say heavy rains have filled reservoirs outside of Mexico City which are the main source of water for the metropolis. Water shortages have forced rations since last summer. The water authority states that most countries now have a "positive balance" in the reservoir with 21,000,000 cubic meters (5.5 ÃÆ' - 10 9 US gal) of water added to reservoir.
United States
Southwest
The storms affect Arizona and New Mexico from Feb. 1 to 4. Up to 1 foot (0.30 m) of snow descends in the eastern mountains of Albuquerque, New Mexico, while snow accumulation in the city varies from less than 1 inch (2.5 cm) near the center cities up to 5 inches (13 cm) in West Mesa and in the foothills far to the northeast. The ice-covered road caused many accidents - including one fatal accident near Gallup - shutting down Interstate 40 via Tijeras Canyon and between Grants and Gallup for a few hours on February 3rd.
Far south
Prolonged rainfall from Thursday morning to Thursday evening (February 4), resulted in a 1-inch (2.5 cm) - 4 inch (10 cm) wide rainfall across the state with floods reported in central and southern Mississippi. Jackson's capital broke the daily rainfall record by 2.51 inches (6.4 cm) of rainfall. Power outages are reported in the mountains of North Carolina when winter storms carry a mixture of snow, hail and freezing rain to most countries and rain for the rest, with about 40,000 dead on Friday afternoon (Feb. 5). Heavy rains fell on Friday morning in the Charlotte and Atlanta areas and then diverted to several inches of snow later in the day, while several inches of snow piled up further north. Parts of central and eastern North Carolina are under flooding hours before significant rainfall of up to 2 inches (5.1 cm).
Midwest
Heavy snowfall occurs in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio February 4-6. The number of Snowfall ranges from 6 inches (15 cm) to more than 1 foot (0.30 m) across the region. Drift up to 4 feet (1.2 m) was reported in central Indiana.
Thick snow, ice storms and low temperatures on January 26 left Interstate 90 closed from Chamberlain, South Dakota to the Minnesota border. At dusk Monday, Interstate 29 closed from Sioux Falls to the North Dakota border. Power company officials estimated that about 7,600 customers in South Dakota and 100 in North Dakota had no power on Monday. Some telephone systems also experience short telecommunication interruptions. Kristi Truman, director of the North Dakota Emergency Management Office is concerned about the failure of water and electricity supplies.
In Dakotas, a number of Indian Reservations are left without electricity or running water.
"There was a bad winter before, but not with such a bad rain so freezing the power lines and locking the poles," said Joseph Brings Plenty, 38-year-old chairman of the 38-year-old Cheyenne Sioux River.
The power outage began with a storm in December knocking out about 5,000 power poles, and was accelerated by an ice storm on January 22 to knock down 3,000 other power lines at the time of reservation.
Among the South Dakota tribes suffering from several storms are the Cheyenne River Sioux, Crow Creek Tribe Sioux, Flandreau-Santee Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
Episcopal Church stepped in to help residents reserve survival in winter.
On February 1, the utility crew worked overtime to get electricity back to the 14,000 residents of the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. The average cold wind factor is about 25 Â ° F below zero and about 1 foot the average of snow.
Power outages in both Dakotas forces cover only 100 rural electricity customers and a minimal amount in Bismarck, North Dakota in February, 5.
Mid-Atlantic
The United States government imposed an unscheduled leave policy for federal employees on Friday 5 February and closes four hours earlier in an attempt to clean up metropolitan Washington before the large snow accumulation begins. Many school districts in the DC metro area announced the closure for Friday 5 February much earlier, though the District of Columbia Public Schools and some Maryland schools held a half-day class. Many districts have used all the snow in it and some are starting to schedule classes for the upcoming holidays (eg, Fairfax County on February 15, Monday's President's weekend). On Sunday February 7, the Personnel Management Office announced that the United States Government would re-close on Monday 8 February, with only necessary emergency/emergency personnel to report, and many school districts again cancel classes between 9-11 February.
Shortly after midnight on February 6, more than 50,000 homes and businesses in the metropolitan area of ​​Washington, D.C. has no electricity. In northern Virginia, a total of 33,000 and in northern Maryland and the District of Columbia totaling 19,000. The highways are covered with snow, the Metro bus service ends at 9 pm EST, and on the ground Metro rail service has also ended. Flights were canceled at three major Washington-Baltimore airports and at Philadelphia International Airport. Delta Air Lines delayed flights in and out of Washington, Baltimore, and Philadelphia.
In Maryland, the Maryland Transit Administration runs special sledges on its heavy tracks and light rail lines to keep tracks clear. Delaware Governor Jack Markell declared a state of emergency late Friday and ordered all vehicles out of the way before 10 pm. EST (this is in addition to an earlier emergency declared by Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and snow emergency declared in the District of Columbia and some areas of Maryland). Maryland was in an emergency at noon on Feb. 6, when state and county road crews said they were struggling to keep an open lane on the main roads and 151,000 customers without electricity in Maryland, including 34,000 Baltimore Gas and Electricity Customers in the region. Cars are left on the highway, dead trees and Humvees are used to transport patients to a local hospital. The United States Postal Service decided to cancel sending and collecting mail in the affected areas for Saturday, February 6.
The heavy snow caused several roofs to collapse throughout Washington. In particular, the roof of a hangar that housed a private jet at Dulles International Airport collapsed twice because of snow. Also reported is the collapse of the roof of a house in Northeast, Washington, DC, a house in the Luxmanor Area in Rockville, Maryland, which collapsed from a fire resulting from trying to melt the snow from the roof, the entire Prince William Ice Center in Dale City, Virginia, and the total collapse a warehouse in California, Maryland. None of the four cases had any injury reports. At about 2 pm EST on Feb. 6, DC fires and EMS personnel responded to the collapse of the church in the Northeast, DC's preliminary report from the scene was that the heavy snowfall caused 1 or 1 1 / 2 -The last wooden building completely collapsed, and the next gas leak caused some of the neighbors to be evacuated. St. Roofs John's School in Hollywood, Maryland, also collapsed, as did the roof of a truck bay at a volunteer fire station in Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia, on Monday 8 February, but no injuries.
Amtrak closes most of their services in the area, cancels Silver Meteor Silver Star , Crescent , Carolinian , Palmetto and Capitol Limited, and cancels Cardinal Services through Huntington, West Virginia. However, northern services continue to operate through dental storms with limited schedules.
In Pittsburgh, both the impact and harshness of the storm surprised many people. The snow began to fall on Friday morning. A sudden storm strike forced many local school districts, especially districts in the south of the city, to close early due to deteriorating road conditions rapidly; this is a very unusual event for schools in southwestern Pennsylvania. Almost all schools, including the Pittsburgh Public School, canceled classes the following week. Most local universities are also forced to cancel classes for most of the following week due to storm effects. In addition, more than 130,000 people in the Pittsburgh area do not have electricity due to heavy snowfall. For many residents, electricity is not restored until Monday, February 15.
In New Jersey, the southern part of the country was hit with an area of ​​20 inches of snow and some northern parts got 0 to be tracked. Many reports of hail and snow come by thousands of people in the state of NJ.
Important event
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Victim
Mexico
Three children died when their home in Angangueo was hit by a river flood, and two others were killed under a landslide in ZitÃÆ'¡cuaro. The sixth victim was destroyed under the wall of the collapsed house at Ocampo. Two drowned children tried to cross the swollen Chapulin River in the state of Guanajuato. In total, twenty-eight deaths in the states of MichoacÃÆ'¡n, Mexico State and Distrito Federal (Mexico City) have been attributed to the storm.
United States
New Mexico
On February 3, 2010, a family from California traveled east on a snow-covered Interstate 40 near Gallup, New Mexico, when drivers hit a patch of ice, sent their pickup truck across the median to the west lane, crashed into the forthcoming vehicle, killing passengers adult, and leave the driver, son, and driver of a vehicle heading toward a badly wounded west.
Indiana
On February 5, 2010, Brendan Burke, the son of Toronto Maple Leafs General Manager Brian Burke, was killed while driving in Economy, Indiana, near the Ohio border. While driving in the heavy snow, his Jeep Grand Cherokee 2004 slid to the side of a Ford truck, killing him and his passenger, Mark Reedy (18) from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Virginia
On February 6, 2010, a father and son assisted disabled residents at Interstate 81 in Virginia. A tractor trailer approaching the scene kicked and killed the men.
Maryland
In Maryland, a family traveled north of Aberdeen on Route 462 as they ran behind the snowplow. The Maryland State Police said the accident was serious. In Bladensburg, two people were found dead in a running car whose muffler was covered with snow; they die of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Delaware
In Delaware, officials investigated eight deaths in New Castle County linked to the storm. Two people were found under a pile of snow and a third suffered from dementia and wandered outside only to be discovered an hour later by family members half buried in the snow.
Pennsylvania
A father and daughter at McKeesport were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning, as a result of improper use of generators after a power outage. A Canonsburg man was found dead at the bottom of a snow covered staircase. Twenty-five vehicles were involved in two separate piles on Interstate 80, killing one person and injuring eighteen. Two died in Lancaster when their snowmobile was struck at an intersection.
Visualization
See also
- February 25-27, 2010, North America snowstorm
- February 9-10, 2010, North American snowstorm
- March 2010 North American winter storm
- December 2009 Blizzard North America
- January 2016 snowstorm United States
- The winter storm of 2009-2010
References
External links
- "Washington was beaten with a winter blow", photo gallery by The Washington Post
- "Snowstorm Slams the East Coast", photo gallery by The New York Times
- "'Snowmageddon' in D.C.", a video report by CBS News
- "Dupont Circle Snowball Fight" video report by The Washington Post
- "Timelaps NEXRAD Radar Animation", Group of Atmospheric Physics at UMBC
- Snowmageddon, five years later: The first of two snow storms in the Middle Atlantic in February 2010
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