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Despite the storm's severity, it was neither the costliest nor the strongest to affect the northeastern United States. It was weakening as it made its closest approach to land, and the highest tides occurred during the neap tide, which is the time when tide ranges are minimal. [6] The worst of the storm effects stayed offshore.
The extratropical low off the East Coast can be seen, and would later develop into the 1991 Perfect Storm. The 1991 Halloween Blizzard developed from a strong arctic cold front that pushed south and east through the central United States several days prior. On October 28, temperatures to the east of the cold front were above normal.
Two consecutive snowstorms hit the Twin Cities just days apart in January of 1982. Those two waves resulted in 37.4 inches, which is significantly more than even the famed 1991 Halloween blizzard.
The fall, sometimes referred to as a "second season", was very quiet. The Andover, Kansas outbreak of April 26, 1991 was famous for its violent tornadoes, incredible video and is the signature event of this tornado season. 1991 saw one F5 tornado touch down in Kansas.
Tragically, on March 11, 1991, a 73-year-old woman was found dead of exposure in her unheated Portland Avenue home, nine days after the storm hit. Insurance companies paid $75 million in claims ...
During 1991, tropical cyclones formed within seven different tropical cyclone basins, located within various parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. During the year, a total of 100 systems formed with 75 of these developing further and were named by the responsible warning centre.
Six people were killed as a direct result of the storm, 2,013 homes were destroyed, and 24 others were damaged. Although the storm itself caused significant damage, the worst effects were related to the system's heavy rains mixing with volcanic ash from Mount Pinatubo, creating massive lahars that killed 320 people.
The following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic in 1991. [ 93 ] [ 94 ] This is the same list used for the 1985 season , [ 95 ] with the exception of the names Erika and Grace , which replaced the names Elena and Gloria after that season. [ 96 ]