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The storm system that spun up deadly tornadoes across the Southeast will rush across the northeastern U.S. on Monday before another storm is expected to follow its path, bringing rounds of heavy ...
The first significant winter storm of the year is endangering a 2,100-mile swath of the U.s. as it slams major cities like Kansas City, St. Louis and Indianapolis with heavy snow, blizzard ...
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Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, [2] access to the operations center is available via State Route 601 (also called Blueridge Mountain Road) in Bluemont, Virginia. [7] The facility is located near Purcellville, Virginia, 51 miles (82 km) west of Washington, D.C. [8] The site was originally opened as a weather station in the late 1800s. [9]
There’s an old wives’ tale: If it thunders in the winter, it’ll snow in the next week. Well, we’re hearing thunder ...
A thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm or a lightning storm, is a storm characterized by the presence of lightning [1] and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere, known as thunder. [2] Relatively weak thunderstorms are sometimes called thundershowers. [3] Thunderstorms occur in a type of cloud known as a cumulonimbus. [4]
In West Virginia, about 672,000 customers lost electricity. [26] Governor Earl Ray Tomblin of West Virginia declared a state of emergency after the storm. All but two of the state's 55 counties sustained some damage or loss of power. At peak, more than half of the state's customers were without power.
Greyhound Lines canceled 294 routes through Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia on December 19 and suspended service in and out of New York late Saturday. [ 25 ] Cars buried by nearly 24 inches (61 cm) of snow in Woodley Park , Washington, D.C., on December 19 National Weather Service image showing snowfall accumulation for ...