Winchester (nw) VA
A rather persistent rain fell Friday, totalling .75", bringing the storm
total to .82". The low of 33.5 was 2:25am, the high of 36.2 was at
3:35pm. A PWG was 11mph at 10:54am, the low windchill was 22 at 2:17pm.
http://attach1.egroups.com/attach/429973/1159/gs-42=99=429973/10-1-10-147/image=jpeg/snapshot.jpg
Early this am, at about 2, very light snow was falling here, but by 3am,
it switched back to rain. Although a change over will take several
hours, all snow should be occurring by 9am. The temp had fallen from
36.3 at midnight to 34.7 at 3:30am
The NWS finally issued a statement on the storm at 4pm, w/ a winter
weather advisory at 10pm. The NWS, along with Washington media has been
underplaying this storm. While many forecasters are calling for a 2-4"
event in our area, with 1-3" nearer Washington DC, i think
1 1/2 times that total will fall.
The 2 last storms of this magnitude was hyped for 5 days before the
arrival. Unless one payed
close attention to weathercasts, this was a "non event" until Fri eve,
and still being treated as a routine event now.
=== News stories from Storm Damage i the SE US Fri. ===
>From the NWS storm report on damage in N GA (about 15 reports)
1224 PM FOREST PARK GA TORNADO 01/19/01
CLAYTON *** 10 INJURED *** F0 TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN
AT THE FOREST SQUARE SHOPPING CENTER ON GEORGIA HIGHWAY 54 AT THE
SOUTHWEST CORNER OF FORT GILLAM.
PATH LENGTH AROUND 150 YARDS WITH PATH WIDTH AROUND 100 YARDS. 7 TO 8
BUILDINGS DAMAGED... MAINLY TO ROOFS AND WINDOWS. DOZENS OF AUTO-
MOBILES WERE DAMAGED BY FLYING DEBRIS. 8 TO 10 PEOPLE INJURED... MAINLY
CUTS AND BRUISES WITH ONE PERSON HAVING A BROKEN ARM.
news story on suburban Atlanta tornado
http://www.accessatlanta.com/partners/ajc/newsatlanta/claytonstorm/main0120.html
===
Leaking dam causes evacuations near Jackson MS
http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=221577&nav=1L7t
===
Widespread wind damage in Montgomery AL area (only story i could find)
http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=220907&nav=0RdD0Q3j
Steve Minghini
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