New Snow List and Videos from the Storm
UPDATE: Canadian expert Brett Anderson has a list of snowfall totals and high winds from Canda on his blog today. (PREMIUM | PRO).
UPDATE: A few updates but no major changes to the list below. I have added Ski Resorts into the list, I hadn't thought of this before. So now each state can have up to three entries below. Thanks to blog reader Matt for the idea. Also, Mount Washington, NH [JessePedia], has taken over as the new high wind gust with 124 mph earlier today. And here is a video of another roof collapse of a Rite Aid in Brighton, Mass, courtesy WBZ CBS.
Heavy snow turned into ice caused a building's roof to collapse near Boston Sunday (12/16). Part of the roof at the Rite Aid pharmacy in Brighton fell into the store just after five P-M. Four workers and a shopper were inside at the time. The customer was hit by some ceiling tiles and was hospitalized.
ORIGINAL POST:
Below is the new list, for all storms affecting all states in the Plains or eastward (one can argue that there were different "storms" affecting different areas, but from a public point of view, it was one storm), from Thursday to Sunday. For snow, this is the highest amount per state from SkiReport.com 72-Hour Ski Resort totals (blue), our SnowMatrix (green) and NWS spotter reports (black). With the possible exception of topping off amounts in New England, this list is probably complete. We are running into lake-effect now in PA & NY anyway. I am no longer updating the lists of Sleet, Freezing Rain, Rain or Tornadoes -- see yesterday's blog for those. Winds, waves and pressure, via MESOWEST (The Government Mesonet), and NDBC. Snow records obtained from NCDC.
All said, these are the stats. If you have anything that beats this, drop me an email at community @ accuweather.com.
NOTES: That pressure reading from Maine is equivalent to a strong Category 2 hurricane on the SSS (Cat 3 starts at 28.50"). One of the tornadoes threw a tractor trailer off the road on I-75 in Georgia, killing the driver. Piper City, Illinois broke their all-time Daily snow record and also their December monthly snowfall record (and the month ain't over).
The buoy/coastal station readings were interesting. Pressure, wave and wind records were set at different stations. There are graphs of the most impressive buoy readings available for download here, and you can see the text listing at right. Buoy 44017 had winds that dropped to calm as if the storm had an "eye", and also sported the biggest waves. MDRM1 had the highest winds with MISM1 not far behind. The best record of the storm, though, came from PSBM1 which reported data every few minutes. And then of course, there was the 78 mph gust at CWBF1 during Tropical Storm Olga's remnants in Florida (good times!)
I'm working on a new comprehensive list of Greatest Hits from the weekend storm. I can tell you this, there are rumors of amounts over 20 inches! Meanwhile check last night's list and view the videos below.
First, a video from AccuWeather.com Weather Photo Gallery user listormchase. Actually, this is a compilation of five videos that he uploaded of waves crashing onto houses and roads on the north side of Long Island during the storm yesterday. This is really great video and we thank him for sharing it with us.
The following videos are from ABCNewsOne, and if there are any additional good ones this morning, I will upload them.
The storm is already blamed for killing at least three people... knocking out power to more than 160- thousand homes and business in Pennsylvania... and making travel treacherous. And there's more coming. ABC's Sam Champion joins us from Rochester, New York.:
In Milwaukee, a roof collapsed Sunday (12/16) due to heavy snow. (WDJT) (No Audio):
A WNEP tower collapsed just before 7 a.m. due to icing and strong wind conditions. WNEP-TV has two towers on the mountain, one is analog and the other is digital. The analog tower was the one that collapsed. The digital signal was off the air as well, but was restored by about 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon.(WNEP) (No Audio):
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