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The Blizzard of '78 formed on Sunday, February 5, 1978 and broke up on February 7. [3] The storm was initially known as "Storm Larry" in Connecticut, following the local convention promoted by the Travelers Weather Service on television and radio stations there. [4] Snow fell mostly from Monday morning, February 6 to the evening of Tuesday ...
46 years ago today: Deadly blizzard of '78 piled snowdrifts 10 feet high, led to 51 deaths. Gannett. Bailey Gallion, Columbus Dispatch. January 26, 2024 at 8:56 AM. ... In Other News.
Des Moines, Iowa. Alerts: A blizzard warning will be in effect from 10 a.m. CT Friday to 6 p.m. CT Saturday. After that, a wind chill watch will be in effect from Saturday evening through Tuesday ...
But as snow drifts grow ever higher, temperatures will sink to dangerously cold levels over the next few days as arctic air flows into the Midwest.
At 12:26 PM on the 14th, a caller tells a 911 center he's been stuck in traffic on westbound Interstate 78 near the Berks-Lehigh county line for more than an hour. At 1:02 PM, a truck driver tells the Berks Communications Center about a seven-mile backup on the eastbound lanes of Interstate 78 near Hamburg. At 4:40 PM, a 911 caller asked to ...
The Great Blizzard of 1978 was a historic winter storm that struck the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes regions of the United States as well as Southern Ontario in Canada from Wednesday, January 25 through Friday, January 27, 1978.
High winds and light snow were expected to make for blizzard conditions in the state and a blizzard warning was issued until 6 a.m. Saturday with dangerously low temperatures expected to follow.
Blizzard conditions were reported in Bridgeport for 4 hours lasting from 8 am to 12 pm. [155] Snow totals reached 16.0 in (40.6 cm) in Norwalk, Connecticut and 13.0 in (33.0 cm) on Block Island, Rhode Island. Wind gusts on Block Island reached 75 mph (121 km/h) while gusts in New Haven reached 52 mph (83 km/h). [156]