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Transcript of VDOT Winter Weather Preparations
VDOT Preparations for Winter 2012 - 2013
December 4, 2012
Perry Cogburn
VDOT Operations and Security Division
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Declared Winter Weather Disasters
Year Event
1993 Blizzard
1994 Ice Storm
1994 Ice Storm
1995 Central VA Floods
1996 Blizzard
1996 Spring Flood
1996 Hurricane Fran
1999 Hurricane Dennis
1999 Hurricane Floyd
1999 Ice Storm
2000 Blizzard
2001 Southwest Flooding
2001 9/11/2001 (Pentagon)
Year
Event
2002 Bristol Flood
2003 President’s Day Storm
2003 Hurricane Isabel
2004
Southwest Flooding
2004
TS Gaston
2006 June Flooding
2006 TS Ernesto
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Nor’easter Flood
2009 Nor’easter Flood
2009 December Snowstorm
2010
February Snowstorm
Year Event
1993 Blizzard1994 February Ice Storm1994 March Ice Storm1996 Blizzard1999 December Ice Storm2000 Blizzard
2001 President’s Day Storm 2009 December Snowstorm
2010 February Snowstorm
Lynchburg Snow
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Loudoun County, February 2010
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Ice Storm
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Salem Snow
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Staunton Snow
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Snow and Ice
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Weather 2011
• January – 6 snow events• February – 3 snow events• March – 4 snow events• April – 29 tornadoes• August – Earthquake* & Hurricane Irene*• September – Tropical Storm Lee*• October – 7 tornadoes, 1 snow event• November – 3 snow events• December – 2 snow events
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Weather 2012
• January – 9 snow events, 2 flood events• February – 4 snow events, 2 flood events• March – 1 snow event, 3 flood events• April – 2 flood events• May – 2 flood events• June – Derecho*• July – 1 flood event• August – 5 flood events• September – 1 flood event• October – Hurricane Sandy*,1 snow event
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Comparison of FY12 to FY11
Material FY11 FY12 Difference
Salt 443,000 tons 126,000 tons 317,000 tons
Sand 88,000 tons 20,000 tons 68,000 tons
Liquid CaCl 684,000 gals 200,000 gals 484,000 gals
Liquid MgCl 112,000 gals 17,000 gals 95,000 gals
Treated abrasives 84,000 tons 18,000 tons 66,000 tons
Snow budget $115.5 million $126 million $10.5 million
Snow expenditures $207 million $ 64 million $143 million
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IMPROVED SNOW AND ICE PROCEDURES
• Anti-icing
• Road Weather Information System Expansion
• Duty Officer Program
• VaTraffic/511
• VDOT Customer Service Center
• Transportation Operations Centers
• Benefits of On-Call Meteorologist
• Command Center/Situation Room in Central Office
• SEOC Liaison
• Conference Calls
• ESF 1
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FY 13 Snow Budget
FY 13 Snow Budget
District Budget
Bristol $ 13,968,639
Salem $ 15,900,560
Lynchburg $ 4,519,456
Richmond $ 10,376,222
Hampton Roads $ 4,216,040
Fredericksburg $ 6,638,380
Culpeper $ 9,405,439
Staunton $ 10,480,821
NoVA $ 55,767,803
Statewide Reserves$ 14,121,781
Total $145,395,141
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Latest Innovation
The snowplow-tracker map is at http://novasnowplowing.virginia.gov/.
A video on how to use the website is available on VDOT’s YouTube site at http://youtu.be/HMRaItZLgyo.
More information on the specific tools VDOT will be using in northern Virginia is at http://www.virginiadot.org/newsroom/northern_virginia/2012/vdot_has_new_tools61771.asp.
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Weather Forecasting
Agency has had a weather forecasting contract for past 4 years
Meridian Environmental out of North Dakota has been providing the service Specialize in winter weather forecasting Provide an updated weather forecast every 3 hours on
their website, more often during an event Participate in agency teleconferences dealing with
inclement weather
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January 29, 2010 Storm
District Snow Totals Start End Forecast Amount
Bristol 7 – 11” 10 PM Thursday 6 PM Saturday 9 – 12”
Culpeper 5 – 12” 6 – 10 AM Friday 5 PM Saturday 2 – 7”
Fred’burg 8 – 18” 9 – 10 AM Friday 9 PM Saturday 6 – 10”
H. Roads 5 – 12” 8 AM Friday 9 PM Saturday 9 – 12”
Lynchburg 6 – 12” 4 AM Friday 5 PM Saturday 8 – 12”
NoVA 4.5 - 7” 10 AM Friday 5 PM Saturday 2 – 5”
Richmond 8 – 12” 6 – 7 AM Friday 5 PM Saturday 8 – 12”
Salem 7 – 12” 10 PM Thursday 5 PM Saturday 10 – 14”
Staunton 6 – 9” 5 AM Friday 4 PM Saturday 1 – 8”
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