New Year's Eve 1963 snowstorm
Type | Winter storm |
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Formed | December 30, 1963 |
Dissipated | January 4, 1964 |
Lowest pressure | 970 hPa ) |
Maximum snowfall or ice accretion | 17.1 inches (43 cm) |
Fatalities | 3 |
Damage | $700,000 (1963 dollars) |
Areas affected | Central Gulf coast of the United States and Tennessee |
The New Year's Eve 1963 snowstorm was a significant
Synoptic history
A shortwave in the southern stream of the Westerlies closed off as it approached the central United States Gulf of Mexico coastline. A surface cyclone formed in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, slowly deepening as it moved north-northeast across the eastern Gulf. Cold air was residing across the Deep South in advance of this system, and as the surface cyclone tracked across northern Florida, heavy snowfall fell in its comma head from the Mouth of the Mississippi River northeast through Mississippi and Alabama into Tennessee, where the snow persisted into January 1. The cyclone ultimately moved along the east coast of the United States and Atlantic Canada, moving out into the far north Atlantic as a strengthening storm.
Effects
Southeast Louisiana saw 4 to 8 inches (10 to 20 cm), mainly east of the Mississippi river, with
Across Tennessee, central and eastern sections of the state recorded over 6 inches (15 cm) of snow, with up to 16 inches in south-central Tennessee at Lawrenceburg.[6] Power and telephone lines were downed. Several boats were sunk at their docks when a shed covering them collapsed under the weight of the snow. Damage totaled more than US$50,000. Farther north across Pennsylvania on January 1, 3 inches (7.6 cm) fell at Millersville.[7]
See also
References
- ^ U. S. Weather Bureau. Daily Weather Map: January 1, 1964. Retrieved on 2006-11-27.
- ^ National Weather Service Office, Huntsville, Alabama. WINTER STATISTICS – HUNTSVILLE. Retrieved on 2006-11-27.
- ^ National Weather Service Forecast Office, Huntsville, Alabama. '63-'64 New Years Snowstorm. Retrieved on 2006-11-27.
- ^ The snowiest day in South Mississippi, WLOX, December 31, 2019
- ^ National Climatic Data Center. Storm Data: December 1963. Retrieved on 2006-11-27.
- ^ National Weather Service Office, Nashville, Tennessee. Calendar of Significant Weather Events in Middle Tennessee. Retrieved on 2006-11-27.
- ^ Millesville University. Snow of the 1960s. Retrieved on 2006-11-27.