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These names have been coined using schemes such as the days of the year that the storm impacted or noteworthy structures that the storm had damaged and/or destroyed. In the 2010s, winter storm naming became controversial with The Weather Channel coming up with its own list of names for winter storms similar to that of hurricanes.
People ski in Central Park after Winter Storm Nemo (so-named by the Weather Channel) covered New York City with 4 to 8 inches of snow on Feb. 9, 2013.
The current naming convention has been to name the storm based on the time period from formation to dissipation. If this format for whatever reason does not work, then discussions are to be made on articles as individuals. Merging a set of overlapping winter storms for example has been done with Mid-December 2007 North American winter storms ...
Since the formal start of naming during the 1947 Atlantic hurricane season, an average of one Atlantic storm name has been retired each year. However, many seasons (most recently 2023) did not have any names retired. The record for number of storm names retired from a single season is five, held by the 2005 season.
(MORE: Winter Storm Names 2024-2025) Here is a sampling of storm reports from Cora: The heaviest storm total is 14.3 inches in Mena, Arkansas.
Cyclones. Extratropical cyclone. European windstorms; Australian East Coast Low "Medicane", Mediterranean tropical-like cyclones Polar cyclone; Tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, typhoon, or just "cyclone"
So far, Winter Storm Enzo has dropped nearly 2 inches of snow on Lake Charles, Louisiana. One resident shared video to X of the snow blanketing her backyard and her generator before dawn. All of ...
Storms are named for historical reasons to avoid confusion when communicating with the public, as more than one storm can exist at a time. Names are drawn in order from predetermined lists. For tropical cyclones, names are assigned when a system has one-, three-, or ten-minute winds of more than 65 km/h (40 mph).