1993 Super Storm

INTRODUCTION

• In this presentation you will be able to answer:
• What happened during the superstorm of 1993?
• How many people died?
• How much damage was there?
• How is a winter storm rated?

WHO AND WHAT

• The Superstorm of 1993 may be called
• Storm of the Century
• Blizzard of '93
• It happened on March 12 through the 16

HOW IT FORMED

• On March 12...
• A huge low pressure system formed along the Texas Gulf Coast
• Many thunderstorms in the Gulf of Mexico helped fuel the storm
• Extremely broad in aerial extent making it easy to predict
• First storm to be predicted with confidence 5-6 days in advance

WHERE

• States from Michigan to the Atlantic were affected
• Also Cuba, Central America and Canada were affected
• South eastern states were most affected
• These include the Florida Panhandle and Tennessee

WHAT HAPPENED

• On the 13th, the storm moved over Florida
• Then it moved inland across Georgia and into Tennessee
• It came into contact with a cold front
• And then it was locked into place by 2 high pressure systems
• Finally it ran out of water and the low pressure dissipated.

FIRST HAND EXPERIENCES

• A meteorologist from Birmingham, Alabama,Brian Peters says,
• "The models must be nuts, where looking at 12-18 inches of snow."
• "There's just no way. That's like 50% higher than the last record"
• In fact, the models were right, they got 13 inches.
• Most people saw snow for the first time in their lives.

The Devestation

• 300 fatalities
• A 200-foot and a 174-foot freighters sunk
• This storm was labeled a 5 in the RSI scale
• U.S. Coast Guard rescued 235 lost boats in the Gulf
• 9 billion dollars in damages

RATING

• One of the ways to rate a snowstorm is called RSI
• It stands for regional snowfall impact
• It combines the area of snowfall and amount of snowfall to get the rating
• Also the number of people living within the snowstorm affects the score
• Storms are rated 1-5, with 1% of storms getting to a 5.

CONCLUSION

• Now you know what happened in the winter storm of 1993.
• There were 300 fatalities.
• RSI stands for regional snowfall index
• Low pressure system next to Texas picked up steam and caused the storm
• $9 billion dollars in damages and 300 deaths

Sources

• Lipman, Don. "The Blizzard of 1993: March Superstorm." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2013. Web. 11 Dec. 2013.
• Tracton, Steve. "The Super-Predictable Superstorm of 1993." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2009. Web. 11 Dec. 2013.
• "Regional Snowfall Index (RSI)." National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2013.
• "Superstorm of 1993." Superstorm of 1993. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2013.

SNOWFALL

DEATHS BY STATE