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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Storm_of_the_Century_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Storm of the Century (disambiguation)">Storm of the Century (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1160504542">.mw-parser-output .ib-weather-event .infobox-header>.nowrap{margin:0 8px}</style><table class="infobox ib-weather-event"><caption class="infobox-title">1993 Storm of the Century</caption> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Storm_of_the_century_satellite.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Storm_of_the_century_satellite.gif/220px-Storm_of_the_century_satellite.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="329" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Storm_of_the_century_satellite.gif/330px-Storm_of_the_century_satellite.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Storm_of_the_century_satellite.gif/440px-Storm_of_the_century_satellite.gif 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="765" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Satellite image by <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> of the storm on March 13, 1993, at 10:01 <a href="/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time" title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</a>.</div></td></tr><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><tr style="font-size: 100%; background-color: #ddd;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><span class="nowrap">Meteorological history</span></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formed</th><td class="infobox-data">March 12, 1993</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dissipated</th><td class="infobox-data">March 14, 1993</td></tr><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><tr style="font-size: 100%; background-color: #A188FC"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><span class="nowrap">Category 5 "Extreme" winter storm</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Regional_Snowfall_Index" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional Snowfall Index">Regional Snowfall Index</a>: 24.63 (<a href="/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration" title="National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration">NOAA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest winds</th><td class="infobox-data">100 mph (160 km/h)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lowest pressure</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">960 <a href="/wiki/Bar_(unit)" title="Bar (unit)">mbar</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pascal_(unit)" title="Pascal (unit)">hPa</a>); 28.35 <a href="/wiki/Inch_of_mercury" title="Inch of mercury">inHg</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lowest temperature</th><td class="infobox-data">−12 °F (−24 °C)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Maximum snowfall or ice accretion</th><td class="infobox-data">56 in (140 cm) at <a href="/wiki/Mount_Le_Conte_(Tennessee)" title="Mount Le Conte (Tennessee)">Mt. Le Conte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a></td></tr> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><tr style="font-size: 100%; background-color: #FFD98C"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Tornado outbreak</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tornadoes</th><td class="infobox-data">11</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Maximum rating</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fujita_scale" title="Fujita scale">F2 tornado</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Duration</th><td class="infobox-data">1 hour, 32 minutes</td></tr><tr aria-hidden="true"></tr><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><tr style="background-color: #00000022; color: inherit;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Overall effects</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fatalities</th><td class="infobox-data">318</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Damage</th><td class="infobox-data">$5.5 billion (1993 <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">USD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Areas affected</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_United_States" title="Eastern United States">Eastern United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Bahamas" title="The Bahamas">The Bahamas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Power outages</th><td class="infobox-data">>10,000,000</td></tr><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr />Part of the <b><a href="/wiki/North_American_winter" class="mw-redirect" title="North American winter">1992–93 North American winter</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">and</span> <a href="/wiki/Tornadoes_of_1993" title="Tornadoes of 1993">tornado outbreaks of 1993</a></b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The <b>1993 Storm of the Century</b> (also known as the <b>93 Superstorm</b>, <b>The No Name Storm</b>, or the <b>Great Blizzard of '93/1993</b>) was a <a href="/wiki/Cyclone" title="Cyclone">cyclonic</a> storm, or <a href="/wiki/Nor%27easter" title="Nor'easter">nor'easter</a>, that formed over the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a> on March 12, 1993. The cold weather, heavy snowfall, high winds and storm surges that the storm brought affected a very large area; at its height, it stretched from <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> to <a href="/wiki/Honduras" title="Honduras">Honduras</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cyclone moved through the Gulf of Mexico and then through the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_United_States" title="Eastern United States">eastern United States</a> before moving on to <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Canada" title="Eastern Canada">eastern Canada</a>. It eventually dissipated in the North <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a> on March 15. </p><p>Heavy snow was first reported in highland areas as far south as Alabama and northern Georgia, with <a href="/wiki/Union_County,_Georgia" title="Union County, Georgia">Union County, Georgia</a> reporting up to 35 inches (89 cm) of snow. <a href="/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham, Alabama</a>, reported a rare 13 in (33 cm) of snow.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ajc.com_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ajc.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Florida_Panhandle" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Panhandle">Florida Panhandle</a> reported up to around 6 inches to a foot of snow,<sup id="cite_ref-ncdc-event-details_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ncdc-event-details-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with <a href="/wiki/Wind#Wind_force_scale" title="Wind">hurricane-force</a> wind gusts and record low <a href="/wiki/Barometric_pressure" class="mw-redirect" title="Barometric pressure">barometric pressures</a>. Between <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a> and Cuba, the hurricane-force winds produced high <a href="/wiki/Storm_surge" title="Storm surge">storm surges</a> across the <a href="/wiki/Big_Bend_(Florida)" title="Big Bend (Florida)">Big Bend</a> of Florida which, in combination with scattered <a href="/wiki/Tornado" title="Tornado">tornadoes</a>, killed dozens of people. </p><p>Record cold temperatures were seen across portions of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southern United States</a> and Eastern United States in the wake of this storm. In the United States, the storm was responsible for the loss of <a href="/wiki/Electricity" title="Electricity">electric power</a> to more than 10 million households. An estimated 40 percent of the country's population experienced the effects of the storm<sup id="cite_ref-assessment_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-assessment-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it led to a total of 208 fatalities.<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In all, the storm resulted in 318 deaths, and caused $5.5 billion (1993 <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">USD</a>) in damages. </p><p>The greatest recorded snowfall amounts were at <a href="/wiki/Mount_Le_Conte_(Tennessee)" title="Mount Le Conte (Tennessee)">Mount Le Conte</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>, where 56 inches (140 cm) of snow fell, and <a href="/wiki/Mount_Mitchell" title="Mount Mitchell">Mount Mitchell</a> in <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>, the tallest mountain in eastern North America, where 50 inches (130 cm) were measured to fall and 15-foot (4.6 m) snow drifts were reported.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Meteorological_history">Meteorological history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1993_Storm_of_the_Century&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Meteorological history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Superstorm_1993_track.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Superstorm_1993_track.png/275px-Superstorm_1993_track.png" decoding="async" width="275" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Superstorm_1993_track.png/413px-Superstorm_1993_track.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Superstorm_1993_track.png/550px-Superstorm_1993_track.png 2x" data-file-width="2700" data-file-height="1669" /></a><figcaption>Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale<br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="">Map key</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""><div style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; max-width: 51em; width: 100%"> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_scale" title="Saffir–Simpson scale">Saffir–Simpson scale</a></b></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#6EC1EA; color:black;"> </span> Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#4DFFFF; color:black;"> </span> Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFFFCC; color:black;"> </span> Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFE775; color:black;"> </span> Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFC140; color:black;"> </span> Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF8F20; color:black;"> </span> Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF6060; color:black;"> </span> Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)<br /> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#C0C0C0; color:black;"> </span> Unknown </div> </div> <div style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; max-width: 20em; width: 100%;"> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>Storm type</b></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="circle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Disc_Plain_black.svg/18px-Disc_Plain_black.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Disc_Plain_black.svg/27px-Disc_Plain_black.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Disc_Plain_black.svg/36px-Disc_Plain_black.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tropical_cyclone" title="Tropical cyclone">Tropical cyclone</a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="square" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Solid_black.svg/18px-Solid_black.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Solid_black.svg/27px-Solid_black.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Solid_black.svg/36px-Solid_black.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Subtropical_cyclone" title="Subtropical cyclone">Subtropical cyclone</a></div> <div><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="triangle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/ArrowUp.svg/18px-ArrowUp.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/ArrowUp.svg/27px-ArrowUp.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/ArrowUp.svg/36px-ArrowUp.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Extratropical_cyclone" title="Extratropical cyclone">Extratropical cyclone</a>, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression</div> </div></div></div></figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1993_storm_century.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/1993_storm_century.jpg/220px-1993_storm_century.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/1993_storm_century.jpg/330px-1993_storm_century.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/1993_storm_century.jpg/440px-1993_storm_century.jpg 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="424" /></a><figcaption>A satellite image of the Storm of the Century on March 13, 1993.</figcaption></figure> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Volcanic_winter" title="Volcanic winter">volcanic winter</a> is thought to have started with the <a href="/wiki/1991_eruption_of_Mount_Pinatubo" title="1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo">1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo</a>. The temperature in the <a href="/wiki/Stratosphere" title="Stratosphere">stratosphere</a> rose to several degrees higher than normal, due to the absorption of radiation by the aerosol. The stratospheric cloud from the eruption persisted in the atmosphere for three years. The eruption, while not directly responsible, may have played a part in the formation of the 1993 Storm of the Century.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During March 11 and 12, 1993, temperatures over much of the eastern United States began to drop as an <a href="/wiki/Arctic" title="Arctic">arctic</a> <a href="/wiki/High_pressure_area" class="mw-redirect" title="High pressure area">high pressure system</a> built over the <a href="/wiki/Midwestern_United_States" title="Midwestern United States">Midwestern United States</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Great_Plains" title="Great Plains">Great Plains</a>. Concurrently, an <a href="/wiki/Extratropical_cyclone" title="Extratropical cyclone">extratropical</a> <a href="/wiki/Low_pressure_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Low pressure area">area of low pressure</a> formed over Mexico along a <a href="/wiki/Stationary_front" title="Stationary front">stationary front</a> draped west to east. By the afternoon of March 12, a defined airmass boundary was present along the deepening low. An initial burst of convective precipitation off the southern coast of Texas (facilitated by the transport of tropical moisture into the region) enabled initial intensification of the surface feature on March 12. Supported by a strong split-polar <a href="/wiki/Jet_stream" title="Jet stream">jet stream</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Shortwave_(meteorology)" title="Shortwave (meteorology)">shortwave trough</a>, the nascent system <a href="/wiki/Bomb_cyclone" class="mw-redirect" title="Bomb cyclone">rapidly deepened</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-American_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-American-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The system's central pressure fell to 991 mbar (29.26 inHg) by 00:00 UTC on March 13. A powerful low-level jet over eastern Cuba and the Gulf of Mexico enhanced a <a href="/wiki/Cold_front" title="Cold front">cold front</a> extending from the low southward to the <a href="/wiki/Isthmus_of_Tehuantepec" title="Isthmus of Tehuantepec">Isthmus of Tehuantepec</a>. Furthermore, the <a href="/wiki/Subtropical_jet_stream" class="mw-redirect" title="Subtropical jet stream">subtropical jet stream</a> was displaced unusually far south, reaching into the Pacific Ocean near Central America and extending toward Honduras and Jamaica. Intense <a href="/wiki/Ageostrophic" class="mw-redirect" title="Ageostrophic">ageostrophic</a> flow was noted over the southern United States, with winds flowing perpendicular to <a href="/wiki/Isobar_(meteorology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Isobar (meteorology)">isobars</a> over <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-American_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-American-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the area of low pressure moved through the central Gulf of Mexico, a short wave trough in the northern branch of the jet stream fused with the system in the southern stream, which further strengthened the surface low. A <a href="/wiki/Squall_line" title="Squall line">squall line</a> developed along the system's <a href="/wiki/Cold_front" title="Cold front">cold front</a>, which moved rapidly across the eastern Gulf of Mexico through Florida and Cuba.<sup id="cite_ref-American_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-American-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cyclone's center moved into north-west Florida early on the morning of March 13, with a significant <a href="/wiki/Storm_surge" title="Storm surge">storm surge</a> in the northwestern Florida peninsula that drowned several people. This initially caused the storm to be a blizzard but also cyclonic. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Barometric_pressure" class="mw-redirect" title="Barometric pressure">Barometric pressures</a> recorded during the storm were low. Readings of 976.0 millibars (28.82 inHg) were recorded in <a href="/wiki/Tallahassee,_Florida" title="Tallahassee, Florida">Tallahassee, Florida</a>, and even lower readings of 960.0 <a href="/wiki/Bar_(unit)" title="Bar (unit)">millibars</a> (28.35 <a href="/wiki/Inch_of_mercury" title="Inch of mercury">inHg</a>) were observed in New England. Low pressure records for March were set in areas of twelve states along the Eastern Seaboard,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with all-time low pressure records set between Tallahassee and Washington, D.C.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Snow began to spread over the eastern United States, and a large squall line moved from the Gulf of Mexico into Florida and Cuba. The storm system tracked up the East Coast during Saturday and into Canada by early Monday morning. In the storm's wake, unseasonably cold temperatures were recorded over the next two days in the <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_United_States" title="Southeastern United States">Southeast</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Forecasting">Forecasting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1993_Storm_of_the_Century&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Forecasting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Storm of the Century marked a milestone in the <a href="/wiki/Weather_forecasting" title="Weather forecasting">weather forecasting</a> of the United States. By March 8, 1993, several operational <a href="/wiki/Numerical_weather_prediction" title="Numerical weather prediction">numerical weather prediction</a> models and medium-range <a href="/wiki/Meteorologist" title="Meteorologist">forecasters</a> at the United States <a href="/wiki/National_Weather_Service" title="National Weather Service">National Weather Service</a> recognized the threat of a significant <a href="/wiki/Snowstorm" class="mw-redirect" title="Snowstorm">snowstorm</a>. This marked the first time National Weather Service meteorologists were able to predict accurately a system's severity five days in advance. Official <a href="/wiki/Blizzard_warning" title="Blizzard warning">blizzard warnings</a> were issued two days before the storm arrived, as shorter-range models began to confirm the predictions. Forecasters were finally confident enough of the computer-forecast models to support decisions by several northeastern states to declare a <a href="/wiki/State_of_emergency" title="State of emergency">state of emergency</a> even before the snow started to fall.<sup id="cite_ref-nws200_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nws200-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Impact">Impact</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1993_Storm_of_the_Century&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Impact"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Superstorm9301.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Superstorm9301.jpg/220px-Superstorm9301.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Superstorm9301.jpg/330px-Superstorm9301.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Superstorm9301.jpg/440px-Superstorm9301.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1385" data-file-height="983" /></a><figcaption>Partially dug out car at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Devens,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Devens, Massachusetts">Fort Devens, Massachusetts</a>, after the storm</figcaption></figure> <p>The storm complex was large and widespread, affecting at least 26 US states and much of eastern Canada. It brought in cold air along with heavy precipitation and hurricane-force winds which, ultimately, caused a <a href="/wiki/Blizzard" title="Blizzard">blizzard</a> over the affected area; this also included <a href="/wiki/Thundersnow" title="Thundersnow">thundersnow</a> from <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> to <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> and widespread <a href="/wiki/Whiteout_(weather)" title="Whiteout (weather)">whiteout</a> conditions. Snow flurries were seen in the air as far south as <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville, Florida</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and some areas of <a href="/wiki/Central_Florida" title="Central Florida">central Florida</a> received a trace of snow. The storm severely impacted both ground and air travel. Airports were closed all along the eastern seaboard, and flights were cancelled or diverted, thus stranding many passengers along the way. Every airport from <a href="/wiki/Halifax_Urban_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Halifax Urban Area">Halifax, Nova Scotia</a>, to <a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa</a> was temporarily closed due to the storm. Highways were also closed or restricted all across the affected region, even in states generally well prepared for snow emergencies.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="width: 350px; font-size: 95%; float: right; clear: right;"> <caption>Snowstorm Totals<br /><small>Totals are for the main system only.</small> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Place </th> <th>Total </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mount_Le_Conte_(Tennessee)" title="Mount Le Conte (Tennessee)">Mount LeConte, TN</a> </td> <td>56 inches (140 cm)<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mount_Mitchell" title="Mount Mitchell">Mount Mitchell, NC</a> </td> <td>50 inches (130 cm)<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Snowshoe,_West_Virginia" title="Snowshoe, West Virginia">Snowshoe, WV</a> </td> <td>44 in (110 cm)<sup id="cite_ref-noaa_bir_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-noaa_bir-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_New_York" title="Syracuse, New York">Syracuse, NY</a> </td> <td>43 in (110 cm)<sup id="cite_ref-noaa_bir_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-noaa_bir-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tobyhanna,_Pennsylvania" title="Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania">Tobyhanna, PA</a> </td> <td>42 in (110 cm)<sup id="cite_ref-noaa_bir_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-noaa_bir-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_New_Hampshire" title="Lincoln, New Hampshire">Lincoln, NH</a> </td> <td>35 in (89 cm)<sup id="cite_ref-noaa_bir_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-noaa_bir-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Blairsville,_Georgia" title="Blairsville, Georgia">Blairsville, GA</a> </td> <td>35 in (89 cm)<sup id="cite_ref-ajc.com_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ajc.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boone,_North_Carolina" title="Boone, North Carolina">Boone, NC</a> </td> <td>33 in (84 cm) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gatlinburg,_Tennessee" title="Gatlinburg, Tennessee">Gatlinburg, TN</a> </td> <td>30 in (76 cm)<sup id="cite_ref-noaa_bir_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-noaa_bir-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh, PA</a> </td> <td>25.2 in (64 cm) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chattanooga,_Tennessee" title="Chattanooga, Tennessee">Chattanooga, TN</a> </td> <td>23 in (58 cm)<sup id="cite_ref-noaa_bir_15-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-noaa_bir-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/London,_Kentucky" title="London, Kentucky">London, KY</a> </td> <td>22 in (56 cm)<sup id="cite_ref-David_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-David-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Worcester,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester, Massachusetts">Worcester, MA</a> </td> <td>20.1 in (51 cm)<sup id="cite_ref-Mike_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mike-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ottawa" title="Ottawa">Ottawa, ON</a> </td> <td><span class="nowrap">17.7 in (45 cm)<sup id="cite_ref-lapresse_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lapresse-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham, AL</a> </td> <td>13 in (33 cm)<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal, QC</a> </td> <td>16.1 in (41 cm)<sup id="cite_ref-lapresse_mtl_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lapresse_mtl-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Knoxville,_Tennessee" title="Knoxville, Tennessee">Knoxville, TN</a> </td> <td>15 in (38 cm) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Trenton,_New_Jersey" title="Trenton, New Jersey">Trenton, NJ</a> </td> <td>14.8 in (38 cm) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dulles_International_Airport" title="Dulles International Airport">Dulles, VA</a> (25 miles NW of Washington, D.C.) </td> <td>14.1 in (36 cm) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham, AL</a> </td> <td>13 in (33 cm)<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston, MA</a> </td> <td>12.8 in (33 cm) </td></tr> <tr> <td>New York, NY (<a href="/wiki/LaGuardia_Airport" title="LaGuardia Airport">LaGuardia</a>) </td> <td>12.3 in (31 cm) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore, MD</a> (<a href="/wiki/Baltimore/Washington_International_Thurgood_Marshall_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport">BWI</a>) </td> <td>11.9 in (30 cm) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta, GA (northern suburbs)</a> </td> <td>10.0 in (25 cm) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Huntsville,_Alabama" title="Huntsville, Alabama">Huntsville, AL</a> </td> <td>7 in (18 cm)<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tallahassee,_Florida" title="Tallahassee, Florida">Tallahassee, FL</a> </td> <td>6 in (16 cm) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta, GA</a> (<a href="/wiki/Hartsfield_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Hartsfield International Airport">Hartsfield International Airport</a>) </td> <td>4.5 in (11 cm)<sup id="cite_ref-noaa_bir_15-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-noaa_bir-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mobile,_Alabama" title="Mobile, Alabama">Mobile, AL</a> </td> <td>3 in (7.6 cm) </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Some affected areas in the Appalachian Mountain region saw 5 feet (1.5 m) of snow, and snowdrifts as high as 35 feet (11 m). <a href="/wiki/Mount_Le_Conte_(Tennessee)" title="Mount Le Conte (Tennessee)">Mount Le Conte, Tennessee</a> recorded 56" and <a href="/wiki/Mount_Mitchell" title="Mount Mitchell">Mount Mitchell, NC</a> recorded 50 in (130 cm) of snowfall. The <a href="/wiki/Volume" title="Volume">volume</a> of the storm's total snowfall was later computed to be 12.91 cubic miles (53.8 km<sup>3</sup>), an amount which would weigh (depending on the variable <a href="/wiki/Density" title="Density">density</a> of snow) between 5.4 and 27 billion tons. </p><p>The weight of the record snowfalls <a href="/wiki/Collapse_(structural)" class="mw-redirect" title="Collapse (structural)">collapsed</a> several factory roofs in the <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">South</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Snowdrift" title="Snowdrift">snowdrifts</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Windward" class="mw-redirect" title="Windward">windward</a> sides of buildings caused a few <a href="/wiki/Deck_(building)" title="Deck (building)">decks</a> with substandard anchoring to fall from homes. Though the storm was forecast to strike the snow-prone <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Mountains" title="Appalachian Mountains">Appalachian Mountains</a>, hundreds of people were nonetheless <a href="/wiki/Rescue" title="Rescue">rescued</a> from the Appalachians, many caught completely off guard on the <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Trail" title="Appalachian Trail">Appalachian Trail</a> or in <a href="/wiki/Hunting_cabin" class="mw-redirect" title="Hunting cabin">cabins</a> and lodges in remote locales. Snowdrifts up to 14 feet (4.3 m) were observed at <a href="/wiki/Mount_Mitchell" title="Mount Mitchell">Mount Mitchell</a>. Snowfall totals of between 2 and 3 feet (0.61 and 0.91 m) were widespread across northwestern North Carolina. <a href="/wiki/Boone,_North_Carolina" title="Boone, North Carolina">Boone, North Carolina</a>—in a high-elevation area accustomed to heavy snowfalls—was nonetheless caught off-guard by more than 30 inches (76 cm) of snow and 24 hours of temperatures below 11 °F (−12 °C). Boone's Appalachian State University closed that week, for the first time in its history. Stranded motorists at <a href="/wiki/Deep_Gap,_North_Carolina" title="Deep Gap, North Carolina">Deep Gap</a> broke into Parkway Elementary School to survive, and National Guard helicopters dropped hay in fields to keep livestock from starving in northern N.C. mountain counties. </p><p>In Virginia, the LancerLot sports arena in <a href="/wiki/Vinton,_Virginia" title="Vinton, Virginia">Vinton</a> collapsed due to the weight of the record snowfall, forcing the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Lancers" title="Virginia Lancers">Virginia Lancers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/East_Coast_Hockey_League" class="mw-redirect" title="East Coast Hockey League">ECHL</a> to relocate to nearby <a href="/wiki/Roanoke,_Virginia" title="Roanoke, Virginia">Roanoke</a> and become the <a href="/wiki/Roanoke_Express" title="Roanoke Express">Roanoke Express</a>. Also collapsing were the roofs of a <a href="/wiki/Lowe%27s" title="Lowe's">Lowe's</a> store in <a href="/wiki/Christiansburg,_Virginia" title="Christiansburg, Virginia">Christiansburg</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Dedmon_Center" title="Dedmon Center">Dedmon Center</a>, at <a href="/wiki/Radford_University" title="Radford University">Radford University</a>. Thousands of travelers were stranded along interstate highways in <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Virginia" title="Southwest Virginia">Southwest Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Electricity was not restored to many isolated rural areas for up to three weeks, with power outages occurring all over the east. Nearly 60,000 lightning strikes were recorded as the storm swept over the country for a total of 72 hours. As one of the most powerful, complex storms in recent history, this storm was described as the "Storm of the Century" by many of the areas affected.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>A hockey game hosted by the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Philadelphia Flyers</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Kings" title="Los Angeles Kings">Los Angeles Kings</a> was postponed due to a large window breaking from wind gusts just before the end of the first period.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gulf_of_Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1993_Storm_of_the_Century&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Gulf of Mexico"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">United States Coast Guard</a> dealt with "absolutely incredible, unbelievable" conditions within the Gulf of Mexico. The 200-foot (61 m) freighter <i>Fantastico</i> sank 70 miles (110 km) off <a href="/wiki/Ft._Myers,_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Ft. Myers, Florida">Ft. Myers, Florida</a>, and seven of her crew died when a Coast Guard helicopter was forced back to base due to low fuel levels after rescuing three of her crew. The 147-foot (45 m) freighter <i>Miss Beholden</i> ran aground on a <a href="/wiki/Coral_reef" title="Coral reef">coral reef</a> 10 miles (16 km) from <a href="/wiki/Key_West,_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Key West, Florida">Key West, Florida</a>. Several other smaller vessels sank in the rough seas. In all, the Coast Guard rescued 235 people from over 100 boats across the Gulf of Mexico during the tempest.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Florida">Florida</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1993_Storm_of_the_Century&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Florida"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1993_fl_derecho.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/1993_fl_derecho.jpg/220px-1993_fl_derecho.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/1993_fl_derecho.jpg/330px-1993_fl_derecho.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/1993_fl_derecho.jpg 2x" data-file-width="430" data-file-height="426" /></a><figcaption>The Derecho moves into the Florida coast during the overnight hours of March 13, 1993</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Superstorm_surge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Superstorm_surge.jpg/310px-Superstorm_surge.jpg" decoding="async" width="310" height="401" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Superstorm_surge.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="453" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a> estimate of storm surges along Florida's Gulf Coast, March 13, 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-superstorm-march-1993_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-superstorm-march-1993-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Besides producing record-low barometric pressure across a swath of the <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_United_States" title="Southeastern United States">Southeast</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Mid-Atlantic States">Mid-Atlantic</a> states, and contributing to one of the nation's biggest snowstorms, the low produced a potent squall line ahead of its <a href="/wiki/Weather_front" title="Weather front">cold front</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Squall_line" title="Squall line">squall line</a> produced a serial <a href="/wiki/Derecho" title="Derecho">derecho</a> as it moved into Florida and Cuba shortly after midnight on March 13. Straight-line winds gusted above 100 miles per hour (87 kn; 160 km/h) at many locations in Florida as the <a href="/wiki/Squall_line" title="Squall line">squall line</a> moved through. A substantial tree fall was seen statewide from this system. The <a href="/wiki/Supercell" title="Supercell">supercells</a> in the derecho produced eleven tornadoes. The first tornado was an F2 that touched down in <a href="/wiki/Chiefland,_Florida" title="Chiefland, Florida">Chiefland</a> at 04:38 UTC on March 13, damaging several mobile homes and downing trees and power lines. Three people were killed and seven people sustained injures. Around the same time, an F1 tornado was spawned near <a href="/wiki/Crystal_River,_Florida" title="Crystal River, Florida">Crystal River</a>. After moving eastward into the town, the twister damaged 15 homes, several of them severely. A total of three people were injured. The next tornado was a waterspout that moved ashore over <a href="/wiki/Treasure_Island,_Florida" title="Treasure Island, Florida">Treasure Island</a> around 05:00 UTC. Rated F0, the tornado deroofed one home, damaged several others, and impacted a few boats.<sup id="cite_ref-sd_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sd-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Around 05:04 UTC, an F0 tornado was reported in <a href="/wiki/New_Port_Richey,_Florida" title="New Port Richey, Florida">New Port Richey</a>, damaging several homes and injuring 11 people. About 16 minutes later, an F2 tornado formed to the southwest of <a href="/wiki/Ocala,_Florida" title="Ocala, Florida">Ocala</a>. Many trees fell and several storage buildings and a warehouse suffered extensive damage, while one hangar was destroyed and two others received major damage at the <a href="/wiki/Ocala_International_Airport" title="Ocala International Airport">Ocala International Airport</a>. At 05:20 UTC, approximately the same time as the Ocala tornado, another twister – rated F1 – touched down near <a href="/wiki/LaCrosse,_Florida" title="LaCrosse, Florida">LaCrosse</a>. Several trees and power lines were downed and a few homes were destroyed, one from a propane explosion. One person was killed and four others received injuries. About 10 minutes later, another F2 twister was spawned near <a href="/wiki/Howey-in-the-Hills,_Florida" title="Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida">Howey-in-the-Hills</a>. It moved through <a href="/wiki/Mount_Dora,_Florida" title="Mount Dora, Florida">Mount Dora</a>, destroying 13 homes, substantially damaging 80 homes, and inflicting minor damage on 266 homes. One person, a 5-month-old baby, was killed, while two others were injured.<sup id="cite_ref-sd_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sd-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At 05:30 UTC, a waterspout-turned F0 tornado tossed a 23 ft (7.0 m) sailboat about 300 ft (91 m) at the <a href="/wiki/Davis_Islands_(Tampa)" title="Davis Islands (Tampa)">Davis Islands</a> yacht club in <a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa</a>, while five other boats broke loose from their cradles and twelve were smashed into the seawall. About 30 minutes later, an F1 tornado formed in <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville</a>, demolishing four dwellings and damaging sixteen others.<sup id="cite_ref-sd_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sd-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also at 06:00 UTC, an F0 tornado spawned near <a href="/wiki/Bartow,_Florida" title="Bartow, Florida">Bartow</a> snapped a few trees and damaged a few doors. The eleventh and final tornado developed in Jacksonville at 06:10 UTC. The twister damaged a few trees near the <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_International_Airport" title="Jacksonville International Airport">Jacksonville International Airport</a>. At the airport itself, the tornado damaged several jetways and service vehicles, while a <a href="/wiki/Boeing_737" title="Boeing 737">Boeing 737</a> was pushed about 40 ft (12 m).<sup id="cite_ref-sd_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sd-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A substantial <a href="/wiki/Storm_surge" title="Storm surge">storm surge</a> was also generated along the gulf coast from <a href="/wiki/Apalachee_Bay" title="Apalachee Bay">Apalachee Bay</a> in the Florida Panhandle to north of <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay" title="Tampa Bay">Tampa Bay</a>. Due to the angle of the coast relative to the approaching squall, <a href="/wiki/Taylor_County,_Florida" title="Taylor County, Florida">Taylor County</a> along the eastern portion of <a href="/wiki/Apalachee_Bay" title="Apalachee Bay">Apalachee Bay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hernando_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Hernando County">Hernando County</a> north of <a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa</a> were especially hard-hit.<sup id="cite_ref-ncdc-event-details_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ncdc-event-details-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Storm surges in those areas reached up to 12 feet (3.7 m),<sup id="cite_ref-superstorm-march-1993_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-superstorm-march-1993-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> higher than many hurricanes. With little advance warning of incoming severe conditions, some coastal residents were awakened in the early morning of March 13 by the waters of the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a> rushing into their homes.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More people died from drowning in this storm than during <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Hugo" title="Hurricane Hugo">Hurricanes Hugo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Andrew" title="Hurricane Andrew">Andrew</a> combined.<sup id="cite_ref-assessment_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-assessment-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Overall, the storm's surge, winds, and tornadoes damaged or destroyed 18,000 homes.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A total of 47 people died in Florida due to this storm.<sup id="cite_ref-ncdc-event-details_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ncdc-event-details-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite all the rainfall and tornadoes, lots of snow also dropped in the Panhandle regions of Florida. Areas saw snow of up to 1 foot near the coast and inland. In Tallahassee, around 1 to 2 inches of snow were dropped to the ground. In Jacksonville and Fernandina beach, traces of snow were seen in the air. Very cold temperatures were also seen in the state. Snow was seen as far south as Tampa Bay in central Florida. Tallahassee's lowest temperature was 17 degrees F (-8 degrees C). On March 13, Orlando saw 26 degrees F (-3 degrees C), and Miami saw 39 degrees F (4 degrees C) that same day. In Orlando, there were mixed precipitations with rain, sleet and snow combined. Miami saw near record cold temperatures for the month of March, making it a very rare phenomenon for Florida; Florida is usually mild all year round. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cuba">Cuba</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1993_Storm_of_the_Century&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Cuba"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Cuba, wind gusts reached 100 mph (160 km/h) in the <a href="/wiki/Havana" title="Havana">Havana</a> area. A survey conducted by a research team from the Institute of Meteorology of Cuba suggests that the maximum winds could have been as high as 130 mph (210 km/h). It is the most damaging squall line ever recorded in Cuba. </p><p>There was widespread and significant damage in Cuba, with damage estimated as intense as <a href="/wiki/Fujita_scale" title="Fujita scale">F2</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-American_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-American-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squall line finally moved out of Cuba near sunrise, leaving 10 deaths and US$1 billion in damage on the island. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="North_Atlantic">North Atlantic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1993_Storm_of_the_Century&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: North Atlantic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The cargo ship <i>Gold Bond Conveyor</i> en route from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to Tampa, Florida foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 kilometres) SE of Sable Island, Nova Scotia with the loss of all 33 crew.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is thought that water entered the hold where gypsum ore was being stored and caused the rock to shift and harden. This instability compounded with winds of 90 miles per hour (140 km/h) and 100-foot (30 m) waves led to her sinking. The Liberian-flagged ship was owned by Skaarup Shipping Corp., of Greenwich, Connecticut, and under charter to National Gypsum Co., a U.S. company. The ship had previously survived the <a href="/wiki/1991_Perfect_Storm" title="1991 Perfect Storm">Perfect Storm of 1991</a> two years earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tornadoes_spawned_by_the_storm">Tornadoes spawned by the storm</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1993_Storm_of_the_Century&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Tornadoes spawned by the storm"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption style="white-space:nowrap">Confirmed tornadoes by <a href="/wiki/Fujita_scale" title="Fujita scale">Fujita rating</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="background:#C0C0C0">FU </th> <th scope="col" style="background:#4DFFFF">F0 </th> <th scope="col" style="background:#FFFFD9">F1 </th> <th scope="col" style="background:#FFD98C">F2 </th> <th scope="col" style="background:#FF9E59">F3 </th> <th scope="col" style="background:#FF738A">F4 </th> <th scope="col" style="background:#A188FC">F5 </th> <th scope="col">Total </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold"> <td style="background:#C0C0C0">0 </td> <td style="background:#4DFFFF">4 </td> <td style="background:#FFFFD9">4 </td> <td style="background:#FFD98C">3 </td> <td style="background:#FF9E59">0 </td> <td style="background:#FF738A">0 </td> <td style="background:#A188FC">0 </td> <td>11 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Fujita_scale" title="Fujita scale">F#</a> </th> <th>Location </th> <th>County </th> <th>Time (UTC) </th> <th>Path length </th> <th>Fatalities </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" style="text-align:center;"><b>Florida</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFD98C"><big><b>F2</b></big> </td> <td><b>NW of <a href="/wiki/Chiefland,_Florida" title="Chiefland, Florida">Chiefland</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Levy_County,_Florida" title="Levy County, Florida">Levy</a> </td> <td>0438 </td> <td>1 mile (1.6 km) </td> <td><b>3 deaths</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFD9"><big><b>F1</b></big> </td> <td><b>E of <a href="/wiki/Crystal_River,_Florida" title="Crystal River, Florida">Crystal River</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Citrus_County,_Florida" title="Citrus County, Florida">Citrus</a> </td> <td>0438 </td> <td>0.5 miles (0.80 km) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#4DFFFF"><big><b>F0</b></big> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Treasure_Island,_Florida" title="Treasure Island, Florida">Treasure Island</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pinellas_County,_Florida" title="Pinellas County, Florida">Pinellas</a> </td> <td>0500 </td> <td>0.2 miles (0.32 km) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#4DFFFF"><big><b>F0</b></big> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/New_Port_Richey,_Florida" title="New Port Richey, Florida">New Port Richey</a> area</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pasco_County,_Florida" title="Pasco County, Florida">Pasco</a> </td> <td>0504 </td> <td>0.1 miles (0.16 km) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFD98C"><big><b>F2</b></big> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ocala,_Florida" title="Ocala, Florida">Ocala</a> area</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_Florida" title="Marion County, Florida">Marion</a> </td> <td>0520 </td> <td>15 miles (24 km) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFD9"><big><b>F1</b></big> </td> <td><b>N of <a href="/wiki/LaCrosse,_Florida" title="LaCrosse, Florida">LaCrosse</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alachua_County,_Florida" title="Alachua County, Florida">Alachua</a> </td> <td>0520 </td> <td>0.8 miles (1.3 km) </td> <td><b>1 death</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFD98C"><big><b>F2</b></big> </td> <td><b>NW of <a href="/wiki/Howey-in-the-Hills,_Florida" title="Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida">Howey-in-the-Hills</a> to <a href="/wiki/Altamonte_Springs,_Florida" title="Altamonte Springs, Florida">Altamonte Springs</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_Florida" title="Lake County, Florida">Lake</a> </td> <td>0530 </td> <td>30 miles (48 km) </td> <td><b>1 death</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFD9"><big><b>F1</b></big> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa</a> area</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_County,_Florida" title="Hillsborough County, Florida">Hillsborough</a> </td> <td>0530 </td> <td>0.6 miles (0.97 km) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFD9"><big><b>F1</b></big> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville</a> area (1st tornado)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Duval_County,_Florida" title="Duval County, Florida">Duval</a> </td> <td>0600 </td> <td>0.8 miles (1.3 km) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#4DFFFF"><big><b>F0</b></big> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bartow,_Florida" title="Bartow, Florida">Bartow</a> area</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Polk_County,_Florida" title="Polk County, Florida">Polk</a> </td> <td>0600 </td> <td>0.1 miles (0.16 km) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#4DFFFF"><big><b>F0</b></big> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville</a> area (2nd tornado)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Duval_County,_Florida" title="Duval County, Florida">Duval</a> </td> <td>0610 </td> <td>0.1 miles (0.16 km) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><div style="font-size:85%;">Sources:<br /> Tornado History Project Storm Data – March 12, 1993, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tornado/1993/3/13/table">Tornado History Project Storm Data – March 13, 1993</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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title="2015–16 North American winter">2015–16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_North_American_winter" title="2016–17 North American winter">2016–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_North_American_winter" title="2017–18 North American winter">2017–18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_North_American_winter" title="2018–19 North American winter">2018–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_North_American_winter" title="2019–20 North American winter">2019–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_North_American_winter" title="2020–21 North American winter">2020–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_North_American_winter" title="2021–22 North American winter">2021–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_North_American_winter" title="2022–23 North American winter">2022–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_North_American_winter" title="2023–24 North American winter">2023–24</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">18th–19th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>1717</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Snow_of_1717" title="The Great Snow of 1717">Feb 27–Mar 7</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1804</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1804_New_England_hurricane" title="1804 New England hurricane">Oct 4–11</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1886</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_1886_blizzard" title="January 1886 blizzard">Jan 6–10</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1888</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Schoolhouse_Blizzard" title="Schoolhouse Blizzard">Jan 12–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Blizzard_of_1888" title="Great Blizzard of 1888">Mar 11–14</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1899</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Blizzard_of_1899" title="Great Blizzard of 1899">Feb 11–14</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">20th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>1900</b> <ul><li>Feb 27 – Mar 3</li></ul></li> <li><b>1905</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mataafa_Storm" title="Mataafa Storm">Nov 27–28</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1913</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes_Storm_of_1913" title="Great Lakes Storm of 1913">Nov 6–11</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1920</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1920_North_Dakota_blizzard" title="1920 North Dakota blizzard">Mar 15–18</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1922</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Knickerbocker_storm" title="Knickerbocker storm">Jan 27–28</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1940</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1940_Armistice_Day_Blizzard" title="1940 Armistice Day Blizzard">Nov 10–12</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1947</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_blizzard_of_1947" title="North American blizzard of 1947">Dec 25–26</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1950</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Appalachian_Storm_of_1950" title="Great Appalachian Storm of 1950">Nov 24–30</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1952</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_1952_nor%27easter" title="February 1952 nor'easter">Feb 17–18</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1956</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/March_18%E2%80%9320,_1956,_nor%27easter" title="March 18–20, 1956, nor'easter">Mar 18–19</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1958</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/March_18%E2%80%9322,_1958,_nor%27easter" title="March 18–22, 1958, nor'easter">Mar 18–22</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1960</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/March_1960_nor%27easter" title="March 1960 nor'easter">Mar 2–5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_1960_nor%27easter" title="December 1960 nor'easter">Dec 11–13</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1961</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_ice_storm_of_January_1961" title="North American ice storm of January 1961">Jan 11–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_1961_nor%27easter" title="January 1961 nor'easter">Jan 18–21</a></li> <li>Feb 2–5</li></ul></li> <li><b>1962</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ash_Wednesday_Storm_of_1962" title="Ash Wednesday Storm of 1962">Mar 6–8</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1963</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Ginny" title="Hurricane Ginny">Oct 25–30</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1964</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Year%27s_Eve_1963_snowstorm" title="New Year's Eve 1963 snowstorm">Dec 30, 1963 – Jan 4</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1966</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_blizzard_of_1966" title="North American blizzard of 1966">Jan 27–31</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1967</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1967_Chicago_blizzard" title="1967 Chicago blizzard">Jan 26–27</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1969</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_1969_nor%27easter" title="February 1969 nor'easter">Feb 8–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_1969_nor%27easter" title="March 1969 nor'easter">Mar 5–8</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/December_1969_nor%27easter" title="December 1969 nor'easter">Dec 25–28</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><b>1971</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Canadian_blizzard_of_March_1971" title="Eastern Canadian blizzard of March 1971">Mar 3–5</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1973</b> <ul><li>Feb 9–11</li></ul></li> <li><b>1975</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Storm_of_1975" title="Great Storm of 1975">Jan 9–12</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1976</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Groundhog_Day_gale_of_1976" title="Groundhog Day gale of 1976">Feb 2</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1977</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blizzard_of_1977" title="Blizzard of 1977">Jan 28 – Feb 1</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1978</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Blizzard_of_1978" title="Great Blizzard of 1978">Jan 25–27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeastern_United_States_blizzard_of_1978" title="Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978">Feb 5–7</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1979</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1979_Chicago_blizzard" title="1979 Chicago blizzard">Jan 13–14</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1983</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_1983_North_American_blizzard" title="February 1983 North American blizzard">February 9–12</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1989</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/December_1989_United_States_cold_wave" title="December 1989 United States cold wave">Dec 22 – 24</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1991</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1991_Halloween_blizzard" title="1991 Halloween blizzard">Oct 31 – Nov 3</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1992</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/December_1992_nor%27easter" title="December 1992 nor'easter">Dec 10–12</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1993</b> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Mar 12–15</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1995</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_1995_nor%27easter" title="February 1995 nor'easter">Feb 2–6</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1996</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_blizzard_of_1996" title="North American blizzard of 1996">Jan 6–10</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1997</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1997_April_Fool%27s_Day_blizzard" title="1997 April Fool's Day blizzard">Mar 31 – Apr 1</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/1997_Western_Plains_winter_storms" class="mw-redirect" title="1997 Western Plains winter storms">Oct 24–26</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1998</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_1998_North_American_ice_storm" title="January 1998 North American ice storm">Jan 4–10</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>1999</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_blizzard_of_1999" title="North American blizzard of 1999">Jan 2–4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_1999_North_American_ice_storm" title="January 1999 North American ice storm">Jan 14–15</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">21st century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>2000</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2000_North_American_blizzard" title="January 2000 North American blizzard">Jan 18–30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2000_nor%27easter" title="December 2000 nor'easter">Dec 27–31</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2002</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2002_Central_Plains_ice_storm" title="2002 Central Plains ice storm">Jan 29–31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Valley_Surprise_of_2002" title="South Valley Surprise of 2002">Feb 7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_ice_storm_of_2002" title="North Carolina ice storm of 2002">Dec 4–5</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2003</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_blizzard_of_2003" title="North American blizzard of 2003">Feb 14–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2003_nor%27easter" title="December 2003 nor'easter">Dec 5–8</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2004</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/White_Juan" title="White Juan">Feb 17–23</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/December_21%E2%80%9324,_2004,_North_American_winter_storm" title="December 21–24, 2004, North American winter storm">Dec 21–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Christmas_Eve_United_States_winter_storm" title="2004 Christmas Eve United States winter storm">Dec 24–28</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2005</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_blizzard_of_2005" title="North American blizzard of 2005">Jan 20–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2005_North_American_ice_storm" title="December 2005 North American ice storm">Dec 14–16</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2006</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_blizzard_of_2006" title="North American blizzard of 2006">Feb 11–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Storm_Aphid" title="Lake Storm Aphid">Oct 11–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2006_nor%27easter" title="November 2006 nor'easter">Nov 20–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_Winter_2006_North_American_storm_complex" title="Early Winter 2006 North American storm complex">Nov 26 – Dec 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Colorado_Holiday_Blizzards" title="2006 Colorado Holiday Blizzards">Dec 20 – Jan 1</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2007</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2007_North_American_ice_storm" title="January 2007 North American ice storm">Jan 11–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2007_North_American_blizzard" title="February 2007 North American blizzard">Feb 12–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2007_nor%27easter" title="April 2007 nor'easter">Apr 13–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Coastal_Gale_of_2007" title="Great Coastal Gale of 2007">Nov 29 – Dec 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_December_2007_North_American_winter_storm" title="Early December 2007 North American winter storm">Nov 29 – Dec 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid-December_2007_North_American_winter_storms" title="Mid-December 2007 North American winter storms">Dec 8–18</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2008</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2008_North_American_storm_complex" title="January 2008 North American storm complex">Jan 3–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_blizzard_of_2008" title="North American blizzard of 2008">Mar 6–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2008_Northeastern_United_States_ice_storm" title="December 2008 Northeastern United States ice storm">Dec 11–12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2008_North_American_snowstorms" title="December 2008 North American snowstorms">Dec 19–25</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2009</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2009_North_American_ice_storm" title="January 2009 North American ice storm">Jan 25–30</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/October_2009_North_American_storm_complex" title="October 2009 North American storm complex">Oct 13–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2009_North_American_blizzard" title="December 2009 North American blizzard">Dec 16–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_North_American_Christmas_blizzard" title="2009 North American Christmas blizzard">Dec 22–28</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>2010</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2010_North_American_winter_storms" title="January 2010 North American winter storms">Jan 17–26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_5%E2%80%936,_2010_North_American_blizzard" title="February 5–6, 2010 North American blizzard">Feb 1–6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_9%E2%80%9310,_2010_North_American_blizzard" title="February 9–10, 2010 North American blizzard">Feb 7–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_25%E2%80%9327,_2010_North_American_blizzard" title="February 25–27, 2010 North American blizzard">Feb 24–27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2010_nor%27easter" title="March 2010 nor'easter">Mar 12–16</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/October_2010_North_American_storm_complex" title="October 2010 North American storm complex">Oct 23–28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2010_North_American_blizzard" title="December 2010 North American blizzard">Dec 5–29</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2011</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_8%E2%80%9313,_2011_North_American_blizzard" title="January 8–13, 2011 North American blizzard">Jan 8–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_25%E2%80%9327,_2011_North_American_blizzard" title="January 25–27, 2011 North American blizzard">Jan 24–28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Groundhog_Day_blizzard" title="2011 Groundhog Day blizzard">Jan 29 – Feb 3</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/2011_Halloween_nor%27easter" title="2011 Halloween nor'easter">Oct 28 – Nov 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2011_Bering_Sea_cyclone" title="November 2011 Bering Sea cyclone">Nov 8–10</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2012</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2012_Pacific_Northwest_snowstorm" title="January 2012 Pacific Northwest snowstorm">Jan 16–20</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy" title="Hurricane Sandy">Oct 29 – Nov 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2012_nor%27easter" title="November 2012 nor'easter">Nov 7–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_17%E2%80%9322,_2012_North_American_blizzard" title="December 17–22, 2012 North American blizzard">Dec 17–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Late_December_2012_North_American_storm_complex" title="Late December 2012 North American storm complex">Dec 25–28</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2013</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_2013_North_American_blizzard" title="February 2013 North American blizzard">Feb 7–18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_North_American_winter#Late_February_winter_storm" title="2012–13 North American winter">Feb 22 – Mar 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2013_nor%27easter" title="March 2013 nor'easter">Mar 1–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Late_March_2013_North_American_storm_complex" class="mw-redirect" title="Late March 2013 North American storm complex">Mar 18–20</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/October_2013_North_American_storm_complex" title="October 2013 North American storm complex">Oct 3–5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2013_North_American_storm_complex" class="mw-redirect" title="November 2013 North American storm complex">Nov 22–28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2013_North_American_storm_complex" title="December 2013 North American storm complex">Dec 19–23</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2014</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2%E2%80%934,_2014_North_American_blizzard" title="January 2–4, 2014 North American blizzard">Dec 30, 2013 – Jan 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_20%E2%80%9322,_2014_North_American_blizzard" title="January 20–22, 2014 North American blizzard">Jan 20–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2014_Gulf_Coast_winter_storm" title="January 2014 Gulf Coast winter storm">Jan 27–31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2014_nor%27easter" title="February 2014 nor'easter">Feb 11–14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_North_American_winter#Late_February_storm_complex" title="2013–14 North American winter">Feb 19–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2014_North_American_winter_storm" title="March 2014 North American winter storm">Feb 27 – Mar 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2014_nor%27easter" class="mw-redirect" title="March 2014 nor'easter">Mar 24–28</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/November_2014_Bering_Sea_cyclone" title="November 2014 Bering Sea cyclone">Nov 8–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_13%E2%80%9321,_2014_North_American_winter_storm" title="November 13–21, 2014 North American winter storm">Nov 13–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_December_2014_nor%27easter" class="mw-redirect" title="Early December 2014 nor'easter">Dec 9–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2014_North_American_storm_complex" title="December 2014 North American storm complex">Dec 10–27</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2015</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2015_North_American_blizzard" title="January 2015 North American blizzard">Jan 23–30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_31_%E2%80%93_February_2,_2015_North_American_blizzard" title="January 31 – February 2, 2015 North American blizzard">Jan 31 – Feb 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_14%E2%80%9315,_2015_North_American_blizzard" title="February 14–15, 2015 North American blizzard">Feb 12–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_North_American_winter#Late_February–early_March_winter_storms" title="2014–15 North American winter">Feb 20 – Mar 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2015_Southeastern_United_States_winter_storm" title="February 2015 Southeastern United States winter storm">Feb 25–26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2015_North_American_winter_storm" title="March 2015 North American winter storm">Mar 1–6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_sequence_of_May_5%E2%80%9310,_2015#Winter_storm_side" title="Tornado outbreak sequence of May 5–10, 2015">May 9–11</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/November_2015_North_American_ice_storm" class="mw-redirect" title="November 2015 North American ice storm">Nov 24–27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2015_North_American_storm_complex" title="December 2015 North American storm complex">Dec 26–30</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2016</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2016_United_States_blizzard" title="January 2016 United States blizzard">Jan 21–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2016_North_American_winter_storm" title="February 2016 North American winter storm">Jan 29 – Feb 7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_February_2016_nor%27easter" class="mw-redirect" title="Early February 2016 nor'easter">Feb 7–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_February_23%E2%80%9324,_2016" title="Tornado outbreak of February 23–24, 2016">Feb 23–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_North_American_winter#March_extreme_weather_events" title="2015–16 North American winter">Mar 8–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Late_March_2016_North_American_blizzard" class="mw-redirect" title="Late March 2016 North American blizzard">Mar 21–25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2016_North_American_storm_complex" title="April 2016 North American storm complex">Apr 15–23</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/2016_North_American_Christmas_blizzard" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 North American Christmas blizzard">Dec 23–26</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2017</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_4%E2%80%938,_2017,_North_American_winter_storm" class="mw-redirect" title="January 4–8, 2017, North American winter storm">Jan 4–8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_California_floods" title="2017 California floods">Jan 7–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2017_North_American_ice_storm" title="January 2017 North American ice storm">Jan 10–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_California_floods" title="2017 California floods">Jan 19–24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_January_21%E2%80%9323,_2017#Non-tornadic_events" title="Tornado outbreak of January 21–23, 2017">Jan 21–23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_9%E2%80%9311,_2017,_North_American_blizzard" class="mw-redirect" title="February 9–11, 2017, North American blizzard">Feb 6–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_12%E2%80%9314,_2017,_North_American_blizzard" class="mw-redirect" title="February 12–14, 2017, North American blizzard">Feb 12–14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_California_floods" title="2017 California floods">Feb 8–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2017_North_American_blizzard" title="March 2017 North American blizzard">Mar 11–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_and_floods_of_April_28_%E2%80%93_May_1,_2017#Snow_impacts" title="Tornado outbreak and floods of April 28 – May 1, 2017">Apr 28 – May 1</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/October_2017_North_American_storm_complex" class="mw-redirect" title="October 2017 North American storm complex">Oct 29–31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2017_North_American_winter_storm" title="December 2017 North American winter storm">Dec 8–10</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2018</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2018_North_American_blizzard" title="January 2018 North American blizzard">Jan 2–5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_North_American_winter#Mid-January_winter_storms" title="2017–18 North American winter">Jan 13–16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_1%E2%80%933,_2018_nor%27easter" title="March 1–3, 2018 nor'easter">Mar 1–3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_6%E2%80%938,_2018_nor%27easter" title="March 6–8, 2018 nor'easter">Mar 6–8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_11%E2%80%9315,_2018_nor%27easter" title="March 11–15, 2018 nor'easter">Mar 11–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_20%E2%80%9322,_2018_nor%27easter" title="March 20–22, 2018 nor'easter">Mar 20–22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2018_North_American_storm_complex" title="April 2018 North American storm complex">Apr 12–15</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/November_2018_North_American_winter_storm" title="November 2018 North American winter storm">Nov 14-15</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><b>2019</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2019_North_American_winter_storm" title="January 2019 North American winter storm">Jan 16–21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2019_North_American_winter_storm" title="February 2019 North American winter storm">Feb 11–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_March_3,_2019#Non-tornadic_impacts" title="Tornado outbreak of March 3, 2019">March 3-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2019_North_American_blizzard" title="March 2019 North American blizzard">Mar 11–15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2019_North_American_blizzard" title="April 2019 North American blizzard">Apr 10–12</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/November_26_%E2%80%93_December_3,_2019_North_American_blizzard" title="November 26 – December 3, 2019 North American blizzard">Nov 26 – Dec 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2019_North_American_storm_complex" title="December 2019 North American storm complex">Dec 21–26</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>2020</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2020_North_American_storm_complex" title="January 2020 North American storm complex">Jan 14–19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Storm_Ciara" title="Storm Ciara">Feb 2–5</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_North_American_winter#Late_October_ice_storm" title="2020–21 North American winter">Oct 26–28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Zeta" title="Hurricane Zeta">Oct 29–30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2020_North_American_storm_complex" title="November 2020 North American storm complex">Nov 29 – Dec 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_5%E2%80%936,_2020_nor%27easter" title="December 5–6, 2020 nor'easter">Dec 4–6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_15%E2%80%9317,_2020_nor%27easter" title="December 15–17, 2020 nor'easter">Dec 14–18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_North_American_winter#Christmas_Week_blizzard" title="2020–21 North American winter">Dec 23–25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_New_Year%27s_North_American_winter_storm" title="2020–21 New Year's North American winter storm">Dec 30 – Jan 2, 2021</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2021</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_North_American_winter#Mid-January_blizzard" title="2020–21 North American winter">Jan 12–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_31_%E2%80%93_February_3,_2021_nor%27easter" title="January 31 – February 3, 2021 nor'easter">Jan 25 – Feb 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_6%E2%80%938,_2021_nor%27easter" title="February 6–8, 2021 nor'easter">Feb 6–8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2021_North_American_ice_storm" class="mw-redirect" title="February 2021 North American ice storm">Feb 10–12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_11%E2%80%9314,_2021_North_American_storm_complex" class="mw-redirect" title="February 11–14, 2021 North American storm complex">Feb 11–14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_13%E2%80%9317,_2021_North_American_winter_storm" title="February 13–17, 2021 North American winter storm">Feb 13–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_15%E2%80%9320,_2021_North_American_winter_storm" title="February 15–20, 2021 North American winter storm">Feb 15–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2021_North_American_blizzard" title="March 2021 North American blizzard">Mar 10–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_March_16%E2%80%9318,_2021#Southern_Plains" title="Tornado outbreak of March 16–18, 2021">Mar 16–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2021_nor%27easter" title="April 2021 nor'easter">Apr 15–17</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/October_2021_Northeast_Pacific_bomb_cyclone" title="October 2021 Northeast Pacific bomb cyclone">Oct 24–26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_December_10%E2%80%9311,_2021" title="Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021">Dec 9–12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2021_Midwest_derecho_and_tornado_outbreak" title="December 2021 Midwest derecho and tornado outbreak">Dec 13–18</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2022</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_3%E2%80%934,_2022_nor%27easter" title="January 3–4, 2022 nor'easter">Jan 3–4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_14%E2%80%9317,_2022_North_American_winter_storm" title="January 14–17, 2022 North American winter storm">Jan 14–17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2022_North_American_blizzard" title="January 2022 North American blizzard">Jan 27–30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2022_North_American_winter_storm" title="February 2022 North American winter storm">Feb 1–5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Late_February_2022_North_American_winter_storm" class="mw-redirect" title="Late February 2022 North American winter storm">Feb 22-26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2022_North_American_storm_complex#Blizzard" title="April 2022 North American storm complex">Apr 11-14</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/November_2022_Great_Lakes_winter_storm" title="November 2022 Great Lakes winter storm">Nov 17–20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_December_12%E2%80%9315,_2022#Non-tornadic_impacts" title="Tornado outbreak of December 12–15, 2022">Dec 12-16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2022_North_American_winter_storm" title="December 2022 North American winter storm">Dec 21–26</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2023</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_31_%E2%80%93_February_2,_2023_North_American_ice_storm" title="January 31 – February 2, 2023 North American ice storm">Jan 31–Feb 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2023_North_American_storm_complex" title="February 2023 North American storm complex">Feb 21–28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2023_North_American_winter_storm" title="March 2023 North American winter storm">Mar 9–17</a></li></ul></li> <li><b>2024</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_North_American_winter#Early_January_nor'easter" title="2023–24 North American winter">Jan 6–7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_8-10,_2024_North_American_storm_complex" class="mw-redirect" title="January 8-10, 2024 North American storm complex">Jan 8–10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_13%E2%80%9316,_2024_North_American_winter_storm" title="January 13–16, 2024 North American winter storm">Jan 13–16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2024_California_atmospheric_rivers" title="February 2024 California atmospheric rivers">Feb 1–7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2024_nor%27easter" title="February 2024 nor'easter">Feb 10–13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_North_American_winter#Mid-February_Mid-Atlantic_winter_storm" title="2023–24 North American winter">Feb 16–17</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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