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Remembering the Great Blizzard of 1978 WDRB. Louisville Kentucky "A Great Storm is Upon Michigan": The Great Blizzard of 1978 "No Ordinary Blizzard" "Remember Blizzard of Jan 26, 1978", Weather Historians Recall Blizzard of Legend "1978: Statewide Blizzard" Miami Student (Oxford, Ohio) retrospective on the Blizzard of '78
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 ]
The vast majority of snow events in Florida occurred in north Florida and the Jacksonville area. According to the National Weather Service, the record snowfall for the city of Jacksonville is 1.9 inches (4.83 cm), which fell on February 12, 1899. Tampa has a record snowfall of 0.2 inches (5.08 mm) which occurred on January 19, 1977. [8]
Jan. 26 marked the beginning of the Blizzard of 1978 in Ohio, also known as the Storm of the Century. It closed roads, tore roofs from houses and stranded drivers on impassable roads.
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A map of towns which reported damage. Not all of these damage areas were definitely tornadic, and some tornadoes hit more than one town. [4] [5] Between 1953 and 2004, there was an average of one tornado per year within the Connecticut. [6]
While Tornado Alley may be the most well-known corridor for severe weather across the country, there remains a vast area that is impacted by other damaging weather events. Analysis by AccuWeather ...
A blizzard is a severe snowstorm characterized by strong sustained winds and low visibility, lasting for a prolonged period of time—typically at least three or four hours. A ground blizzard is a weather condition where snow that has already fallen is being blown by wind. Blizzards can have an immense size and usually stretch to hundreds or ...