CASE STUDY

By: Candace Couture

Allan Pudlitzke

The Storm of the Century

March 12th-14th 1993 Large Cyclonic Storm At its largest, it stretched from Canada

to Central America Biggest hit was the East Coast of North

America

Storm Images

Infrared satellite images for the eastern United States

Visible satellite images for the continental United States

Made landfall in NW Florida with a rapidly moving cold front.

Torrential downpours Wind gusts exceeding 40m/s 3-4 meter storm surges 11 tornado touchdowns

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Heavy snowfall from Alabama to New York

Strong winds up and down the east coast

Cancellation of 25% of nations flights Freeways shutdown Millions without power

Outcome

More than a foot of snowfall 145 record lows set in 48 hours 270 people died 6 billion + in damage 26 states affected Over half of the nations population were

affected

Sources

WW2010 University of Illinois:

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/%28Gh%29/arch/cases/930312/home.rxml

“Storm of the Century”: http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/primer/winter/century.html

Popular Mechanics: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/natural-disasters/4219886-3