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The Columbus Day storm of 1962 is considered to be the benchmark of extratropical wind storms. The storm ranks among the most intense to strike the region since at least 1948, likely since the January 9, 1880 " Great Gale " and snowstorm.
The Columbus Day Storm, a tempest weathermen called “a meteorological bomb,” was exploding in the Northwest. ... with wind speeds as high as 176 mph — an improbable speed recorded at Mount ...
This same storm was named the Columbus Day Storm [2] in the United States, where it caused $235 million in damage and the deaths of 46 people. In the early hours of October 13 the storm made landfall in British Columbia, Canada with sustained wind speeds of 90 km/h (56 mph) with gusts to 145 km/h (90 mph), causing $750 million in damage and the ...
The largest storm events have struck the Pacific Northwest every 15 to 30 years according to modern records. Among the strongest were the 1962 Columbus Day storm , which formed from the remnants of Typhoon Frieda/Freda and killed 50 people; the 1993 Inauguration Day windstorm, which killed 6 people; and the 2006 Hanukkah Eve windstorm , which ...
Sure, the center of Hurricane Helene didn’t hit Columbus when it blew into Georgia and veered eastward, but the storm still made local weather history. Hurricane Helene sets Columbus weather record.
The largest wind and rain damages were reported in Zagreb, where the wind speed, measured at Zagreb airport, reached 115 km/h, and the amount of precipitation was 20 to 35 mm in only 10 minutes. As a result of what was, possibly, the strongest storm on the record in Zagreb, the city was left with fallen trees, flooded areas, and widespread ...
Fall snow is expected to tumble down onto Columbus Thursday. Columbus snow forecast overnight, wind gusts up to 40 mph possible Wednesday, NWS says Skip to main content
The South Valley Surprise was second only to the Columbus Day Storm in terms of wind speed for the southern Willamette Valley. [1] The "surprise" was how rapidly the storm organized and matured, and its unanticipated strength. Thus, the public had no idea of the impending storm.