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Snow totals nj 20108/2/2023 ![]() One Amtrak train, carrying 255 passengers, halted for six hours while a frozen track switch was fixed. Many Amtrak trains were also canceled or delayed and service on Washington, D.C.'s Metrorail was suspended to all outdoor stations at 1 pm on December 19 and remained suspended until late in the day December 20 underground service remained operational. More than 800 flights were canceled at New York City's three major airports. President Barack Obama, arriving at Andrews Air Force Base after the UN Climate Conference, was forced to return to the White House by motorcade instead of helicopter. Of 740 scheduled departures at Washington National and 530 at Dulles, only 14 and 12, respectively, were able to take off. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Washington Dulles International Airport, and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport saw whiteout conditions, causing flights to be delayed or canceled. Some regions affected by the storm experienced winds up to 25–30 miles per hour (40–48 km/h) with gusts of 45–50 miles per hour (72–80 km/h). Snowfall Totals By State Ī DDOT snowplow driving past diplomatic missions on P Street, NW, in Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C. Portions of Newfoundland and Labrador received freezing rain as well. ![]() ![]() The storm reached southwestern portions of Nova Scotia, delivering up to 25 centimetres (9.8 in) of snow in Digby, Yarmouth, Shelburne and Queens counties. A blizzard warning for Cape Cod expired at 1 p.m. Sunday, warnings for the Boston and Providence metro areas and much of southeastern New England expired at noon. Winter storm warnings for New York and a blizzard warning for Long Island expired at 11 a.m. By Sunday morning, Norwich, Connecticut received 20 inches (51 cm) of snow, while over 11 inches (28 cm) of snow fell in Boston, Massachusetts. In the Roanoke Valley, over 11 inches (28 cm) had fallen by midnight. Portions of eastern Kentucky received as much as 16 inches (41 cm). By midnight Saturday morning, snowfall in Boone, North Carolina had reached 14–18 inches (36–46 cm), Asheville, North Carolina accumulated up to 12 inches (30 cm), while Greensboro, North Carolina received 3–7 inches (7.6–17.8 cm). In more mountainous areas, snowfall was even heavier. Streetscape of the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The storm produced whiteout conditions and dumped about 16–20 inches (41–51 cm) of snow in major cities along the Eastern seaboard. As the storm moved northward along the East coast, at one point it measured 500 miles (800 km) across 14 states. Blizzard warnings were issued in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Long Island. By the afternoon of December 19, the large, low pressure region had moved off the East Coast, intensifying and bringing heavy snow to the major Mid-Atlantic cities. Weather models accurately predicted that this storm would meet with cold air while retaining its heavy precipitation. It produced record rainfall in regions of Texas and had the potential to strengthen as it moved through Georgia and Florida and further north. On December 16, 2009, meteorologists identified a storm forming in the Gulf of Mexico. Seven deaths were reported to have been caused by the storm. ![]() Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and New Castle and Kent counties in Delaware declared a state of emergency. The blizzard caused flights and trains to be canceled, and left areas without power. The blizzard disrupted several regions, and in some areas the snowfall rate prevented snow plows from maintaining the roads. The snowstorm brought record-breaking December snowfall totals to Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Philadelphia. The December 2009 North American blizzard was a powerful nor'easter that formed over the Gulf of Mexico in December 2009, and became a major snowstorm that affected the East Coast of the United States and Canadian Atlantic provinces. Part of the 2009–10 North American winterġ Most severe tornado damage see Fujita scale
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