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Worst winter storm in more than 120 years blasted Gulf Coast states, including first-ever Blizzard Warning in Louisiana. New Orleans saw 8 inches of snow, making this the worst storm since 1895.
"At 81.3 inches, the winter of 2022-23 is currently the eighth snowiest on record in Minneapolis," said Sosnowski. "In order to move into the top five snowiest winters, the seasonal total there ...
In many areas, the snow that falls from the storm will be very hard to measure accurately due to the strong winds, but overall totals are forecast to exceed a foot in the heart of the blizzard area.
This feature initiated blizzard conditions and heavy snow across Southeast Colorado, the Raton Mesa of northeast New Mexico and far western Kansas. [3] As the storm moved east on January 8 and 9th, the cyclone remained negatively tilted, and formed a tornado outbreak in the Deep South, whilst portions of Indiana recorded record low pressure.
The February 2013 North American blizzard, also known as Winter Storm Nemo [5] [6] and the Blizzard of 2013, [7] was a powerful blizzard that developed from the combination of two areas of low pressure, [8] primarily affecting the Northeastern United States and parts of Canada, causing heavy snowfall and hurricane-force winds.
The northeastern area of North Carolina and Norfolk and Virginia Beach in Virginia received between 2 and 4 inches (5.1 and 10.2 cm) of snow from early evening on January 28 until mid-morning on January 29, with winds gusts of up to 50 mph (80 km/h) bringing down tree branches.
Buffalo's 37.5 consecutive hours of blizzard conditions was the longest blizzard in the city's history. [24] [30] Buffalo's first blizzard since January 6, 2014 (as defined by the National Weather Service) forced snow into massive drifts, shuttering the city and leaving hundreds stranded.
It was one of more than 2,000 landslides in western North Carolina. "There was a loud sound behind us," Katelyn Midkiff said. "Then it was like we were getting thrown and pulled at the same time."