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#21 Postby Rob-TheStormChaser » Sun Feb 16, 2003 9:51 pm

I think Rippon is in WV
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#22 Postby wx247 » Mon Feb 17, 2003 8:20 am

Here is some info. from the NWS:

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
611 AM EST MON FEB 17 2003

...MAJOR WINTER STORM PRODUCES SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACROSS THE
WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE METROPOLITAN AREAS...

...BALTIMORE MD...
AS OF 500 AM EST...AT THE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT...THE SNOWFALL TOTAL HAD REACHED 23.0 INCHES SINCE EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING. THIS SNOWFALL THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING...HAS MADE
THIS THE SECOND BIGGEST SNOWSTORM ON RECORD FOR BALTIMORE. OFFICIAL
SNOWFALL RECORDS FOR BALTIMORE HAVE BEEN KEPT SINCE 1891.

THE TOP 10 SNOWSTORMS FOR WASHINGTON ARE AS FOLLOWS...

1ST JANUARY 27-29 1922......26.5 INCHES
2ND FEBRUARY 16-17 2003......23.0 INCHES *THROUGH 500 AM EST FEB 17*
3RD FEBRUARY 11-12 1983......22.8 INCHES
4TH JANUARY 7-8 1996......22.5 INCHES
5TH MARCH 29-30 1942......22.0 INCHES
6TH FEBRUARY 11-14 1899......21.4 INCHES
7TH FEBRUARY 18-19 1979......20.0 INCHES
8TH MARCH 15-18 1892......16.0 INCHES
9TH FEBRUARY 15-16 1958......15.5 INCHES
10TH JANUARY 25 2000......14.9 INCHES

...WASHINGTON DC...
AS OF 500 AM EST...AT WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT...THERE HAS BEEN
15.0 INCHES OF SNOW RECORDED SINCE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS
SNOWFALL TOTAL SO FAR...WILL PUSH THIS STORM INTO THE TOP 10 BIGGEST
SNOWSTORMS ON RECORD FOR WASHINGTON. OFFICIAL SNOWFALL RECORDS FOR
WASHINGTON HAVE BEEN KEPT SINCE 1885.

THE TOP 10 SNOWSTORMS FOR WASHINGTON ARE AS FOLLOWS...

1ST JANUARY 27-28 1922......28.0 INCHES
2ND FEBRUARY 11-13 1899......20.5 INCHES
3RD FEBRUARY 18-19 1979......18.7 INCHES
4TH JANUARY 6-8 1996......17.1 INCHES
5TH FEBRUARY 11-12 1983......16.6 INCHES
6TH FEBRUARY 16-17 2003......15.0 INCHES *THROUGH 500 AM EST FEB 17*
7TH FEBRUARY 15-16 1958......14.4 INCHES
8TH FEBRUARY 7 1936......14.4 INCHES
9TH FEBRUARY 16-18 1900......14.3 INCHES
10TH JANUARY 29-30 1966......13.8 INCHES

Garrett :multi:
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#23 Postby Rob-TheStormChaser » Mon Feb 17, 2003 10:01 am

Well..I got the Top 5 right! lol
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