21.2 inches | Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 2011. 7 February 2011 Lake Michigan. Two roadways were closed because of downed trees and wires in North Coventry Township.
As warmer air moved in aloft, the precipitation changed to sleet and freezing rain by the morning rush in the local Philadelphia area, a mixture of sleet and freezing rain by the end of the morning commute in Berks County and the Lehigh Valley and a wintry mix late in the morning in the Poconos. Overnight colder air moved in aloft in over the Poconos and precipitation changed back to all snow for a few hours. Pennsylvania Power and Light reported about 79,000 of their customers lost power in Eastern and Central Pennsylvania; while Metropolitan Edison reported around 14,000 of its customers lost power in Berks County. Reading, Hamburg, Boyertown, Birdsboro, Barto, Bechtelsville and Douglassville all suffered power outages. At least 18 Chicago-area deaths have been attributed to the severe weather.The storm system stretched 2,000 miles across a third of the country. Heavier precipitation moved in again during the evening of the 1st and fell as freezing rain in the Philadelphia suburbs, a mixture of sleet and freezing rain in Berks County and the Lehigh Valley and mainly a snow and sleet mixture in the Poconos.
In Bucks County, downed wires in Milford caused a basement fire in one home on Sleepy Hollow Road. In Bucks County, downed wires in Milford caused a basement fire in one home on Sleepy Hollow Road. Just east of Exton, Northbound U.S. Route 202 was closed between Pennsylvania State Routes 30 and 401 because of an accident with injuries on the 2nd. Recycling and garbage pick-ups were delayed.
It is a disruption that can have unfortunate consequence in the individual case, but generally people deal with it and often are better for it. Hi, Welcome to the Silverwing 600 Forum. Only the 1967 and 2011 storms can be truly classified as blizzards, with sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or greater, and severely reduced visibility for a prolonged period of time. On Thursday, Mexican officials suspended energy exports to Texas, citing cold weather damage at five power stations across Mexico that resulted in a total loss of 1,000 megawatts of electricity in Northern Mexico. Representative ice accretions included 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) in Glenmoore (Chester County), Spring Mount (Montgomery County) and Emmaus (Lehigh County), 0.4 inches (1.0 cm) in East Nantmeal (Chester County) and Lansdale (Montgomery County), 0.38 inches (1.0 cm) in Kutztown (Berks County) and Allentown (Lehigh County), 0.33 inches (0.8 cm) in Feasterville (Bucks County) and 0.25 inches (0.6 cm) in Bangor (Northampton County). In Berks County, Pennsylvania State Routes 345 (near Birdsboro) and 625 (south of Reading) were closed. A blizzard in Chicago is not a catastrophe, nor is it a disaster, not on the usual scale of things, anyway. In Chester County, there were several slip and fall injuries reported, mainly on the 1st. The intense winds and heavy snow reduced visibility to near zero at times and produced widespread snowdrifts of 2 to 5 feet, and a few drifts of 10 feet or more. A system with a maximum pressure of 1,052 hectopascals (31.1 inHg) followed behind it, moving across Because the storm dumped some 40 centimetres (16 in) of snow in parts of Numerous school, bus and flight cancellations occurred in the province in preparation for the biggest winter storm during the winter of 2010–2011.A traffic pile-up stretching three kilometres near Wind speeds exceeding 50 km/h (31 mph) hit areas near Northern Mexico suffered widespread infrastructure damage from the storm, and several weather-related deaths.On Wednesday, authorities in Juárez announced that convoys would be traveling out to remote regions and slum areas to ensure that citizens are warm and have the supplies they need to get through the next few days. As warmer air moved in aloft, the precipitation changed to sleet and freezing rain by the morning rush in the local Philadelphia area, a mixture of sleet and freezing rain by the end of the morning commute in Berks County and the Lehigh Valley and a wintry mix late in the morning in the Poconos. There were over 100 reports of downed wires throughout Northampton County. At least two deaths were blamed on the storm.In Berkshire county snowfall amounts of 10 inches accumulated. In Northampton and Lehigh County, numerous crashes occurred on U.S. Route 22, Pennsylvania State Route 33 and Interstate 78. This included parking and driving restrictions and preparation of road clearing equipment. By evening rush hour, snow had overspread much of northern Illinois and northwest Indiana. They are comparing it to the one we had in January. On Wednesday morning as the low moved to New England, cold air advected behind the low and temperatures had plummeted to the middle-20s Fahrenheit by 4:00 PM with Cleveland receiving 1–2 inches (2.5–5.1 cm) of snow and breezy conditions. AP/The Huffington Post. The last major blizzard, in 1999, cost the city approximately $77 million. The storm was powerful enough to generate vigorous updrafts, resulting in lightning, thunder, and small hail.
(Provided by Jay Stephen / HANDOUT) On Thursday, Mexican officials suspended energy exports to Texas, citing cold weather damage at five power stations across Mexico that resulted in a total loss of 1,000 megawatts of electricity in Northern Mexico. Toward sunrise on the 2nd, this process started to reverse at both the surface and aloft. 01/31/2011 07:48 pm ET Updated May 25, 2011 Chicago Blizzard: Massive Winter Storm Hits Chicago. Precipitation tapered off to mainly freezing drizzle during the afternoon and early evening of the 1st. The DuPage County coroner’s office reported at least four other heart attack deaths on Wednesday, all men in their 60s who collapsed after shoveling snow for hours.Other victims succumbed to the bitter cold and stress in their vehicles.
More than 20 inches of snow fell in some parts of the Chicago area, starting Feb. 1, 2011… Chicago Transportation Authority (CTA) trains were severely overcrowded, even with extra cars added.